Ohhhh Obruni....random thoughts

There is something that I would love to explain, only because it was so new to me. For about my first week in Ghana, I often heard people calling Obruni out as we passed by and I was so confused. I has no idea what it meant or whether or not I should be offended. Turns out that I shouldn't be, because it really just means "white foreigner" or even just "foreigner" in general. At the same time, being an Obruni comes with its stereotypes, like that we're loaded, not the broke college or graduate students that most of us are. For example, we were in a cab the other day and this woman said something about Obrunis in Twi to our driver, and I asked him what she said and he told me she said that he was a rich man because he was driving us around. We've really just learned to go with it and we lovingly refer to ourselves as Obrunis.
I'm not going to lie, it is strange being a part of the vast minority. I know it may a bit hypocritical of me to say, as people watching is one of my favorite activities, but I don't think I will ever get used to the staring. Although at the same time, I do understand it. We dress differently, some of us are white, and I still don't think I've seen another blonde haha. I will say one thing though, I've only been treated with true kindness and have felt welcomed everywhere we have gone.
In fact, at the church we went to last week, and are going back to tomorrow, personally welcomed us and sang a song for us. It was so amazing!

I'm having a hard time coping with the fact that the trip is winding down. It seems like just yesterday that I applied and now I'm coming up on my last week. So unreal. This has been hands down the most incredible, life changing experience of my life, and I feel so lucky that I still have the time left here that I do. This really is just the most amazing place that I've ever been to.

Ps everyone here is WAY more fashionable here than in the states. I love it :)

Pps just bought some sugar kane. It is amazing!!!!! Everything is made with real sugar here, which is probably why I love fan ice so much!