Mid Week

Tomorrow is Wednesday, a half work day. It is actually more than half since we normally start at 7:30 and finish at 3:30, so the morning is usually 4 1/2 hours and the afternoon is 2 1/2 hours. Nonetheless it is nice to be finished by lunch.

Yesterday we had a bunch of people (locals) trimming our palm trees here at Haggai. I think the primary goal is to cut down the coconuts so they don't land on someone's head from about 25 feet up. It was fun to watch them go up those trees and do their thing.

Our new class of particpants have started studies today, but three have yet to arrive. Hopefully they will show up, but it is quite surprising the success rate they have in getting people here. It is interesting to get their first impressions. For most it is a "top of the mountain" experience. The class has six particpants from Brazil, the most represented country. There are approximately 12 from the African continent, so that will add colour to the surroundings.

We have two Canadian volunteer couples leaving in the next week, and one American single. There are some new volunteers coming in over the next few weeks, so already we are losing our "rookie" status.

One of my new jobs is to sell "throw away" cameras and film to the particpants and take to Costco twice a week for processing. Marlene will not mind the shopping opportunities with this new role.