Ghana is Great!

What's up everyone!? 

Did you miss me? 

Don't worry, if you did I won't tell anyone...well, other than my African brotha's.

 Oh yeah, in case you forgot, I'm kinda living in Ghana right now, specifically Accra.

  I got here 12 days ago and have loved every single little bit of it! From the 2 lane roads that really can be squeezed into 5 if you try REALLY hard, to the African elders who sing American songs better than us Americans, to the spicy food and never-ending rice that the Ghanians love....yep, all of that!

  Let me tell you about my first encounter with the people real quick though. So we got off the plane at the Accra airport and went through customs and baggage claim and all that fun stuff, and then made it out into the main lobby area. I could literally read people's minds as they saw a group of 24 white American 18/19 year olds huddled together into a group, not unlike cattle. Most of them had that look like, "Jeez, poor school kids got on the wrong plane". 

We all just smiled back, at least those of us that weren't scared out of our minds

 (I was too hungry to focus on fears at that time)

  Our rides showed up finally...three 15 seater vans that are the same size as our suburbans pretty much, 

just a little longer and skinnier. If you've never been to Six Flags, don't go! 

Just hop on a plane to Africa and take a quick ride through town and In guarantee that you'll experience more fear and thoughts of death than the Medusa and Superman combined...easily! 

The rules to driving here are:

 1)If a car in front of you is going too slow, honk till they move. If they don't, then drive around them, even if it means going off the road (which is most of the time)

 2) When driving, use the road ONLY as a last resort. The dirt roads and shoulders are way more popular, not to mention more fun(;

 and 3) If a car only seats 15 legally, don't worry, you can fit at least 8 more before considering to stop letting people in.

  I've been in the MTC this whole time, but as of tomorrow I'll be leaving and heading to another part of Ghana to begin my missionary work! I can't wait, and hopefully then I'll be able to provide pictures(: 

Anyways, stay cool my friends and family in the states, and keep enjoying that peanut butter!!

Funny moment of the stay: My companion from Ghana singing Demi Lovato from Camp Rock, and then getting confused when I couldn't breathe from laughing so hard.

Love,

Elder Collins