You Know You're in Africa When....

-Every store, building, guest house, etc. has a religious title such as, "God is Good Car Parts"
-You see people chew and swallow whole pieces of chicken, including the bones
-You are greeted by each person you pass with one of the following greetings:
**"How are you?" **"Where are you going?" **"Can I have your address" **"You will be my wife!" **"You give me money to go to America!" **"ABRONI!" **"FOLLY!" **"AWKWAABA!" **"Give me a biscuit!" **"You are welcome!"
-You see goats, sheep, dogs, roosters and cats roaming everywhere
-Each "Baaaa" from a goat sounds completely different; like even the goats have different dialects
-You go to villages with no electricity and naked, starving children, but somehow everyone has a cell phone
-You go to a 'bathroom' that consists of a dirt, cement, or tile floor with no drainage system
-You get attacked by Oncho flies....they bite, you bleed immediately
-You eat soup with your hands
-You eat tuna and bean sandwiches
-You eat just beans for breakfast
-You see children breastfeeding way past the age they should have stopped
-You eat snails that when cooked, taste like a salty tire and are considered a delicacy
-Green oranges
-Machetes used as lawn mowers
-You smell burning trash....everywhere you go
-FANCHOCO
-You see straight men holding hands...that's what guy friends do, right?
-A trashcan is anywhere you want to put your trash
-You drink water out of plastic bags that you tear a hole in with your teeth
-Shell stations are a hot commodity for Americans
-You fear you stink because flies constantly swarm you, but there are actually just flies everywhere....on second thought-you're in Africa = You do stink
-You experience a 100% Muslim village asking Christian missionaries to build them a bigger mosque
-5 hour long church services
-You eat white yams that aren't sweet at all
-You leave a village and a swarm of kids chase your bus
-A Ghanaian demands that you leave him all your belongings when you leave
-You break 5 bunk beds in 1 week
-You eat pastries for all 3 meals in one day
-You try to learn the Ghanaian rhythm, but you will never quite get the way the women dance
-You see a woman slap her child and come forward to accept Christ all at the same time
-YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW A CHILD'S LANGUAGE TO SHOW THEM HOW MUCH THEY ARE LOVED