This morning we had the privilege of attending a Catholic Mass. I have been to very few Catholic Masses before but one of the team members regularly attends and she informed us that is was quite similar to mass in NA but much longer:) We were not given much attention (thankfully) but all new visitors were asked to stand and introduce themselves, which we willingly did.
I am finding so many things here that remind me of Haiti, in fact sometimes I have to remind myself that I am in Sierra Leone and not Haiti. Although strangely enough, things appear to be better off here than in Haiti, but I know that appearances can often be deceiving and I will not be here long enough to really determine if this is true.
This afternoon the participants began to arrive and received an orientation to the hotel. They were shown a room in the hotel and all the "gadgets" were explained to them and how they work. They listened so intently, some of them will use electricity for the first time! I hope they enjoy the A/C and that it works in their rooms:)
This evening was the formal opening ceremony and formal it was. Long speeches, many thanks and of course we sang "Solidarity Forever" quite a few times! Afterwards we had a huge dinner of rice and chicken, I better get used to it, many more meals like that to come.
It's late and we start teaching tomorrow so I will say goodnight.
2 comments:
Just to let you know that I am living your live thru you and enjoying every blog entry you post.
Love Joyce and the boy
Gringhuis! My sister has that cool printout of your blog info, but good ol' google never fails! I'm so glad that you don't have to worry about your carb intake...good thing you already LOVE rice. You need to teach me that song, I'd like to sing it to lil' Ruddiger. Looking forward to hearing about your first day at school, and I'll send ya an email with some updates and less censored lingo:) All the best, and miss ya horribly.
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