Frank and I went to the market in central Winneba. The bus station is there. Frank asked a woman selling some traditional crafts and gifts what time the bus would come. Her answer was “There is no time in Ghana. Just the bus is there.”

“There is no time in Ghana” has become our mantra. Time is a uniquely western concept. Frank and I have always been generally “on-time” or early for everything. In Ghana, either on-time or early means that we find ourselves waiting for long minutes and, even hours.

We wait for the bus to fill. Once every seat is taken, the bus leaves the station.

Now, what I need to do is to learn to trust that there is no need to show up early. Once I learn to trust that I do not have to show up early, I will work on trusting on-time. Finally, I will trust that “There is no time in Ghana.”