#missingghana

Okay, so here's the thing. I don''t usually write reviews / talk about movies that I see, but since this blog is the one I started when i moved to Ghana, I thought this was appropriate. PLUS, I  just cannot stop thinking about all the things I thought while watching this film last night at the Pan African Film Festival.  Heather and I won free tickets through a Facebook giveaway thing.  I LOVED the last film that Batty did, The Saratov Approach, and when I heard he was doing another film, and that it was was going to be in Africa I could hardly contain myself, and THEN later I heard it was going to be filmed in GHANA and my heart started oozing right there, because I knew that it was going to be beautiful.

The thing I love about Freetown, is that it's a show about faith, and love, and service, and trials. 

There was a part in it where one of the men asked, "Is faith really supposed to be this exhausting?" I have been struggling somewhat with my faith lately, and not that I am losing my testimony of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, but just that having faith lately has been so exhausting... and YES it is supposed to be this exhausting, like.... sometimes life is hard, and it's impossible that anything could just work out- but it does.

I loved watching the simple thing that God does for us, that make the HUGE things fall into place.

Be who you are.

Always be a witness of God.

Believe He will help you.

Trust your Faith.

Help Others.

It's been way too long.

Happy New Year! As the new year is beginning, I've been doing my annual reflection on life, and on the past year- and I am really excited about where my life is going, and the things I am doing. Of course I, like the rest of people, have make some goals for this year- one of them being to update my blog more!  Sometimes I just feel like because I'm not in Ghana- or I'm not doing "cool" things, that I shouldn't blog- but especially with this year knowing I'm not going back to Ghana- I need to find the simple joys and reflect on things I can do here, and the change I can be here!

I'm excited for my year- Student Teaching, My class with Juliette Crane (http://www.juliettecrane.com/ ). Graduating. Getting my first "real" job. There are a lot of awesome things that are going to happen this year!

Just received tragic news from some of my dearest friends at my Ghana school, that this adorable child of one of the teachers, was hit by a Trotro this morning near the entrance of the school. He has returned to live with our Heavenly Father.

Tragedies like this are heart breaking, and are a reminder to me everyday, that life is unpredictable.  Life is short, and can end at any moment.

We love you George, and miss you.  We know we will see you again.