I'm sorry I have not posted in ages. As I said in my first post, I have no idea why God led me to start a blog now when I am so busy, but I shouldn't question His timing. He knows what He is doing.
Despite what this appears to be, it is not really a post. I am too worn out write anything meaningful right now.Hence, this is all a figment of your imagination. You didn't see anything! heheh!
So, sorry for not posting but I will post more later so don't stop visiting! And when you do, leave me a comment just to let me know somebody is reading this ;)
Night,
Esi
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Sorry
Hello all my blog readers!
A friend sent me this article that was posted on his work's website. I really like the article. It is on the of most accurate descriptions of Christmas in Ghana that I have seen. Enjoy!
Being quite a religious country, “Bronya,” as Christmas is called in Ghana, is a big holiday for Christians and even people of other religions. The excitement starts to build weeks in advance with schoolchildren making green and red hand-crafted paper decorations and families hanging twinkling Christmas lights on the trees in their yards. Traffic is at its highest with people returning to their small towns and villages to celebrate the season with their families. Ghanaians abroad all come home bearing gifts from where they now live.
Christmas day finds everyone in their best attire, and my family spends the morning listening to the story of Christ’s birth in church and enjoying Christmas carols in the several beautiful tongues of Ghana. After the service, families return home or visit friends for huge feasts of jollof rice (stewed rice), waakye (rice and beans), yams and chicken or goat stew, fufu (pounded yams and plantain) and soup, fried plantains, and sweet desserts. Music marks the holidays with carolers in the streets and speakers blasting at holiday parties and nightclubs where merry is made at its best.
What is great is that Christmas in Ghana is not commercial. Gift giving is informal, and most children are too clever to believe in Father Christmas. Though stockings, elaborate Christmas trees with presents underneath, and purchased decorations are only seen in the homes of the wealthy, the spirit of Christmas is felt everywhere all the way through New Year, when people wish each other well by saying “Afishapa.”
Awoyaa Mensah, Internal Communications
Baltimore, MD
A friend sent me this article that was posted on his work's website. I really like the article. It is on the of most accurate descriptions of Christmas in Ghana that I have seen. Enjoy!
Being quite a religious country, “Bronya,” as Christmas is called in Ghana, is a big holiday for Christians and even people of other religions. The excitement starts to build weeks in advance with schoolchildren making green and red hand-crafted paper decorations and families hanging twinkling Christmas lights on the trees in their yards. Traffic is at its highest with people returning to their small towns and villages to celebrate the season with their families. Ghanaians abroad all come home bearing gifts from where they now live.
Christmas day finds everyone in their best attire, and my family spends the morning listening to the story of Christ’s birth in church and enjoying Christmas carols in the several beautiful tongues of Ghana. After the service, families return home or visit friends for huge feasts of jollof rice (stewed rice), waakye (rice and beans), yams and chicken or goat stew, fufu (pounded yams and plantain) and soup, fried plantains, and sweet desserts. Music marks the holidays with carolers in the streets and speakers blasting at holiday parties and nightclubs where merry is made at its best.
What is great is that Christmas in Ghana is not commercial. Gift giving is informal, and most children are too clever to believe in Father Christmas. Though stockings, elaborate Christmas trees with presents underneath, and purchased decorations are only seen in the homes of the wealthy, the spirit of Christmas is felt everywhere all the way through New Year, when people wish each other well by saying “Afishapa.”
Awoyaa Mensah, Internal Communications
Baltimore, MD
Monday, December 11, 2006
Party Lines
Another thing that I'm interested in is politics. I do not want to be a politician, but politics do interest me. This country has strayed so far from the constitution and the purpose our founding fathers had for this country and it worries me.
Today, America is splintered apart by party lines.
"Are you a democrat or a republican?"
I'm neither. Yes, I agree with most Republican policies, but what about the men who sit on Capital Hill and in the White House? The people who ultimately make the decisions. Our founding fathers wanted us to choose politicians and presidents because of the individual's ability to lead and make right decisions - they did not want America split down the middle by party lines. And that is exactly what we have today.
I wish that political campaigns and terms of office would not be so much about "Well, this is what my party thinks, so this is what I am voting for." Yes, be faithful to your party and your stance on the issues the American public based their votes on but don't compromise the morality, economy, or even worse, the safety, of your fellow Americans because that is what your party believes.
When John Adams was president he made a decision about the US's involvement with the French Revolution. His stance was against his party's stance, but he took it because he knew what he had decided was the best thing for America. His decision cost him his re-election but it also saved America. It saved us from war with France or Britain - or both - which we could not have handled at that time.
Today's politicians need to learn something from Adams. You are not in office to get re-elected, you are in office to make your nation the best it can be - even if it means stepping outside of your party's lines to do so.
(I understand that my opinion can VERY easily backfire on me, but I'm writing on a whim...I'll rationalize later.)
Today, America is splintered apart by party lines.
"Are you a democrat or a republican?"
I'm neither. Yes, I agree with most Republican policies, but what about the men who sit on Capital Hill and in the White House? The people who ultimately make the decisions. Our founding fathers wanted us to choose politicians and presidents because of the individual's ability to lead and make right decisions - they did not want America split down the middle by party lines. And that is exactly what we have today.
I wish that political campaigns and terms of office would not be so much about "Well, this is what my party thinks, so this is what I am voting for." Yes, be faithful to your party and your stance on the issues the American public based their votes on but don't compromise the morality, economy, or even worse, the safety, of your fellow Americans because that is what your party believes.
When John Adams was president he made a decision about the US's involvement with the French Revolution. His stance was against his party's stance, but he took it because he knew what he had decided was the best thing for America. His decision cost him his re-election but it also saved America. It saved us from war with France or Britain - or both - which we could not have handled at that time.
Today's politicians need to learn something from Adams. You are not in office to get re-elected, you are in office to make your nation the best it can be - even if it means stepping outside of your party's lines to do so.
(I understand that my opinion can VERY easily backfire on me, but I'm writing on a whim...I'll rationalize later.)
Friday, December 8, 2006
Welcome!
Of all the times in my life I simply cannot imagine why God choose now to lead me to start a blog. My family and I have been busy moving and I'm catching up on school work. Christmas is just around the corner and there's Christmas shopping and a busy church schedule to keep up with. I am not overwhelmed. But, in the midst of everything that is happening in my life, I am determined to just relax and let God take control. No amount of my worrying can change anything - it can only make it worse.
I am a Christian teen with a passion for God - and many other things. You'll find out about all that as time goes on. The most important thing is that you're reading this now(yea!). Stick around. I'll be posting often. Music, my desire to be a writer, poetry, the heartaches of life...and so much more, I'll post about all of it.
Thanks for reading. Because of Christ's love,
Esi
P.S. Oh yeah, and the most exciting part. I live in Africa as a missioanry with my family! :D
I am a Christian teen with a passion for God - and many other things. You'll find out about all that as time goes on. The most important thing is that you're reading this now(yea!). Stick around. I'll be posting often. Music, my desire to be a writer, poetry, the heartaches of life...and so much more, I'll post about all of it.
Thanks for reading. Because of Christ's love,
Esi
P.S. Oh yeah, and the most exciting part. I live in Africa as a missioanry with my family! :D
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