Been to Ghana? Know someone who lives there? Would you like to go there?

It sounds like you had a really great time in Ghana. I wish I could have visited a garden and a beach there. I love gardens, and I love beaches, and I have heard that Ghana has some beautiful ones. So, you said your parents were missionaries there. Did they, by any chance, learn the Twi language? Just curious.

They did not learn Twi, except maybe a few words. Since Ghana was a British colony for years, English is the official language and therefore it was not necesary for them to learn Twi.

You seem to know a lot about Ghana although you haven't been there. I find that country to be fascinating, and my experiences with communicating with some Ghanaians online have been nice. I would really love to visit there someday if given the money and other resources to do so.

I've never had a chance to go there, but I am biting at the bit to go there. I am the mother of an orphanage in Accra, Ghana although I have never physically been there. I am learning some very beginning Twi (very slowly due to battling poor health and being very busy), and would love it if someone would help me to learn and practice it. I am also somewhat active in YouTube, with the same nickname. I am also learning American Sign Language (ASL), a tiny bit of British Sign Language (for when I finally will get to travel to other countries), Spanish, and some Mandarin Chinese (Ni hao ma? How are you?). Sometime I might learn some French because of how popular it is in Africa. My videos in YouTube, right now, are entirely in ASL, by the way. I plan to make more videos later on, possibly in the different languages I am learning. What is life like in Ghana? Do you have any recipes for good Ghanian food that I can fix here in the USA with my microwave, oven, and burners? I want to try cooking and eating Ghanaian food. Congratulations on Ghana's 50th anniversary! I am curious. How has Ghana come a long ways, and what do you have left to do? I want very much to become a nurse and a linguist, and to someday go to Ghana and other places and help people. It's just that right now I am working very hard to overcome my back problems, pinched nerves, and other health problems and disabilities. With all that comes poverty. So, all this makes it impossible right now for me to travel, go to school, and work. But, with the right positive attitude and hard work, I will overcome all this, and I will hopefully get to visit Ghana and other places.

I would love to learn more about Accra. If you can, please tell me more about your stay there. You can message me about it if you want. It sounds like you had a wonderful time! One of the reasons why I am interested in Ghana is because I am right now slowly working toward pre-requisite college classes that I will need for the biochemistry degree that I hope to use as a pre-med degree, and hope to eventually become a doctor specializing in immunology and studying diseases such as malaria and AIDS, with malaria as my main focus. And, from all that I have gathered, there is malaria in the countries in West Africa. There is still no vaccine for malaria that works well enough, and I want to help in that regard. If there is ever a cure for malaria, I need not worry about having nothing to do. There will likely always be plenty of diseases I can study. I also have some contacts in Accra, Ghana. You are right about our country sadly lacking in community spirit. At least in my area of the country, everyone pretty much cares for just him or her self and a small circle of relatives and friends. It is very individualistic here.

I totally agree with you there. It is expensive to go there, and money is an issue for me also. If given the opportunity, however, I would go there in a heartbeat. Do let me know how it all pans out.