Today, January 21, 2006. I woke up at 8:20am and got to work I along with the help of the Small Island kids picked up trash from in front of our house, swept the porch and took out the trash. No, not because that is what I normally do, but because we were having a special guest over at 9:30. The Nuncio for all of Micronesia is visiting Majuro to present his papers to the President of RMI. He just like any other diplomatic ambassador is required to be formally accepted before he can officially begin his service. He stayed for about an hour an a half and shared with us his role and his calling, before he was on his way to his next scheduled visit. I then decided to take a nap.
This past week has been anything but a typical school week. The students had a High School Mass on Tuesday and of course a Mass practice on Monday. Followed by three half days of school, in order to give the students a chance to practice their dances for this year’s Variety Show. As is custom everything was very last minute, being that last night (Friday) was our first show I have to say that I was impressed to see the students pull it all together. Of course, as a faculty member I too am in two dances that in spite of my like of rhythm and two left feet don’t look half bad.
A brief word on Marshallese culture in reference to the Variety Show: Most students while dancing typically look indifferent, if not bored, and will only smile if they become embarrassed or mess up. As far as the audience is concerned they see nothing wrong with coming up on stage in order to capture their Kodak moment. “Say cheese!”
This evening we have our second and last performance, but before that we have evening mass. Tonight the five of us our wearing our Christmas presents to ourselves… Here in the Marshall Islands groups, clubs or organizations will uniform together, and in an effort to experience all that is Marshallese the five of us chose to get uniformed!!!
The guys in shirts and the gals in dresses all made out of the same floral print…. It’s GLORIOUS!!!! I can’t wait to get a picture taken of the five of us standing next to each other; we’ll look like a couch!!!! Or better yet like the Brady bunch….LOL!
Lastly, January 31st is my Dad’s 70th birthday, and even though I won’t be there I hope he knows how much he is loved. Boy time goes by fast…..They grow up so fast now days….. J!
Peace out,
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Hello, Hope all is well. The weather here has been good whether your a skier or not. In the city it's 50 degrees in the mountains its below 32 and lots of snow, like it's one of the snowiest winters on record. Take care and remember we love ya. LOVE DAD and MOMxxxxxxxooooooo
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