Well it's goodbye Sierra Leone and Hello Holland. Tomorrow is the BIG day, we don't fly out until 7pm but we're leaving the hotel at 10:00am, welcome to Sierra Leone! The last few days have flown by. What a whirlwind of activity. Here's a few highlights to share with you. Thursday night was "Sierra Leone night". The participants put on quite the show with traditional dances and skits and a professional dance/drumming team was hired. We loved the entertainment and were enjoying ourselves immensely when one of the drummers took a python out of his backpack. This broke up the party quite quickly and everyone scattered. We were forced to spend the rest of the night in the bar with our co-tutours, what a drag!! Friday night was our second "Canada Night". We started off with a weak rendition of our National Anthem in English and French, which the participants loved. We played floor hockey, a trivia game, watched a slide show, played musical chairs and then danced to Sierra Leone music. Overall another success. Saturday night was the closing ceremony. Several dignitaries attended and it was quite the formal affair. We were presented with gifts and we presented several gifts to those we have worked with for the last few weeks. We ended with a dinner and then we went out with our co-tutours for a farewell reception. It was a nice ending to a wonderful time. Sunday we relaxed, we went to a church near by the hotel in the morning. It was quite the experience, although I really appreciated the message, I wish I had brought ear plugs as the noise from the microphone was tremendous. We were well received and invited back next week. Today we were back at the beach, a different one this time. The weather was gorgeous and we had a lovely day, sitting and relaxing.
Tomorrow we leave, but something tells me that I'll be back some day. We'll just have to see what the Lord has in store for my future.
I am looking forward to seeing my cousins and Aunt and Uncle once again. It's been too long since I was in Holland.
2 comments:
Hey Kim - how time flies when you are having fun. I have been following your blog and facebook. It seems like you had a good time except for the python - good thing I wasn't there or I would have freaked out completely.
Have a great time with family in Holland - hope you still know some dutch.
Looking forward to connecting when you get back to Canada.
Glad that everything went smoothly! Make sure you tell Tante Gonnie & Oom Auke hello.....and of course Marjan & Alinda....etc.
See you soon!
Gwen
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