I got a pretty sweet haircut the night before the swearing
in ceremony. I call it something
between the monk do and the bull cut.
In other words, I would have never asked for this cut in 100 years, but
when in Ghana, expect to be surprised by the variable understanding of phrases
such as “not too short.”
Our homestay families provided us all with a final outfit
for our ceremony. Usually, the
trainee matches their family members but since I was moving to the north, my
father presented me with a traditional smock from my region! This was not a cheap gift and I am very
thankful of it (even if it is pink).
At the ceremony, I sang the National Anthem with a fellow
Volunteer, performed The Lion King’s “Circle of Life” in Sign Language as our
language presentation, and took the oath to formally become a Volunteer. All of the Volunteers also got to
perform 2 traditional dances for the homestay families.
After the ceremony, we all went back to our homes to pack to
leave the following morning and ultimately move to our respective sites.
So we are all finally official Peace Corps volunteers
now. It has been a very long 10
weeks and I won’t lie about being glad it’s over. But now the real work sets in, as I get ready to spend the
next 24 months here.
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