Week # 8

And then there were four!

Last Sunday evening we had an Easter dinner on the lanai patio, and as you can see the ladies wore their Easter bonnets. The men also wore hats, but not quite as creative. It was a very nice evening!

We were also out last Thursday for a very nice evening upcountry to a rural town. We went with a couple from Grand Rapids, Michigan - he is a fulltime volunteer and they have been here two years now. She is a teacher on leave, and he is retired, but they have decided to return as her leave will not be extended. This is the third time we have volunteered here with him.

We were out again to our favourite breakfast place yesterday, but with different volunteers, than previously.

Hard to imagine we are in our final four weeks. We have been receiving participants this weekend for the session which begins on Tuesday. I picked the Resident Coordinator up from the airport today - he is from Singapore. The RC coordinates the students/participants for the next five weeks, looks after any problems, and it is a big job. These participants come from so many varied backgrounds and cultures.

Our volunteer numbers are down and if two brand new men volunteers are excluded, we will only have five maintenance cleaners tomorrow. But there are more recruits on the way!

At Rotary on Wednesday we had a speaker talking on sustainability - he told us that because there is so little food grown on the island, if boats and planes stopped, we would only have a four day supply of food. That is pretty sobering, but I think a little bit stretched as well. This week the speaker will talk about the mating practices of sea turtles?