june 24, 2006

forgive the lack of upper case letters. the shift keys on this computer aren't working. welcome to the world of e.e.cummings.

i've got a quick chance to let you know about today. it's saturday. the sanitation team is continuing their great work. the survey team is going to the village with the 'lake' that we saw at the 'club by the lake' presentation after don's visit last year.

the 'english' team is going to a hmong market today to do some p.r. and sightseeing. there is no school today.

shane and i are going with the survey team; scott, ray, fred, and steven to the 'lake' - see above - village to do some fact finding about possible well sites. scott's gps will come in very handy for measuring the area. it is about an hour drive from wenshan. in steven's 'car.'

last night the english team went out to dinner with the teachers from the middle school. we had so much fun building relationships with them. one teacher's daughter, emily - her english name - came. she has been our student guide while at the school. they have asked us more than once to come back and help them with their teaching. hmmmm...

afterward several of us went on an ice cream adventure through wenshan. kathleen took us to a supermarket where they had ice cream bars...mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. and frozen juice in bottles. i bought some slushy orange juice, it was heaven.

then we all paid 10 yuan - about 1 dollar and 20 cent for a 30 minute neck and back massage. oh yeah...

brian, see you later.