A Journey of a Thousand Miles, Begins with a Single Step. -Confucius

The wise words of Confucius kindling in my mind everyday. This is why I sit here writing to you, I am 19 days away from my three month adventure to Ghana. Back in January I was accepted into a program called Intercordia Canada. Intercordia is sending me to Ghana to work with a grassroots organization called the Anmchara International School. There I will be living with a host family and teaching at an elementary/intermediate school.(for more information on Intercordia check out http://www.intercordiacanada.org/)

This is an opportunity that not everyone is given, nor is everyone meant for, but this is an opportunity that I am extremely grateful for. This is something I have wanted to do since I was just a little girl but never thought I'd have the opportunity to do. I've always had this dream to go to "the land of the children of the sun" or Africa as we most know it. This journey for me is not about helping, helping is a benefit, but this journey is about the people I met, the relationships I create and experience of a new way of life. By saying this I do not mean my life is not good enough, because by George I have some wonderful people in my life, but I want to be able to understand. I am just a person that believes understanding is learning and learning is something our world needs to do to be at peace.

This blog is going to be my home for the next three month. I am getting a little teary-eyed writing this but home is where your heart is right? I will be off in Ghana missing my family and friends here in Canada. It's kind of ironic I call myself "The Wanderer" because I haven't really been many places at all. This is actually my first big adventure alone but I deemed the name appropriate because of a team of people that lie close to my heart. I also have chosen this name so my Mom would be able to understand me, something I think we've struggled with my whole life. I am a person of many places, I need to understand people in hopes to understand myself and by doing this I've always hoped to make her, my father and my Nanners proud.

I hope that I am able to reach out to each of you and hope each of you will be part of my experience. I welcome you to my home and hope you appreciate and understand everything I write.