Half Way Point

Today is our seventh Wednesday here (I know by my Rotary makeups), so we are halfway through our time here.

Speaking of Rotary, the Club I do makeups with had a joint meeting with their Interact Club today. For those not familiar with Interact, it is a High School Rotary Club, sponsored by a normal Rotary Club. The one we visited today is in a private school of 415 students from grade seven to twelve. One of the pictures shows some of their facilities. Needless to say, it is upper end. I have never been directly involved in Interact in my Rotary career, so it was quite enlightening. We had an Interact Club in Chatham at Steph and Carrie's school and I know at least Carrie was a member, maybe Steph too?

Last night was another "Pool Dinner" and "Praise Night". I won't bore you with a whole bunch of participant pictures, but once again the Africans really had the place rocking. These ladies had colourful dresses and the "law professor" from Nigeria was their leader. Our volunteer group did a choir number and you can see everyone was included, whether they could sing or not. Marlene is trying to imitate some participants with her headband?

The other picture is of our building taken from the street - our room is one floor from top (5th floor) and directly in the centre. Our door is in an "atrium" area, which has a roof which is usually open for ventalation purposes. We get a nice breeze, and have not used the air conditioning yet. Evenings are starting to get cooler with winter season coming on, and it is really quite pleasant.