Day 4...I think!
Well, I'm finally blogging and it's four (maybe 5) days into our trip. We arrived in Maracaibo without incident and were met by the District Governor Luis, his wife Armida, PDG Olga, GSE Area Coordinatoor, Hector, Hosts Helmut and Anita and Pres. Elect, Carmen. (Please forgive any punctuation mistakes I'm working on an old DOS keyboard that's also in Spanish and things aren't where I expect them.) From there the next few days are blurry! I am staying with Juan Carlos Hornez, a Rotarian, his wife Alicia and daughter Carina. They have three other daughters who live in Canada and Florida. Wonderful people!
Day One I was 4 bandages into a new pair of shoes and realized that I left several items of importance back home...including my flat shoes, mounds bars (which will be a great welcome home present to myself) and various other items. Each day starts at about 7:30 and ends around midnight with lots of walking and standing thrown in for good measure. We have seen some spectacular projects initiated by or supported by Rotary, including a private Rotary-ffunded Foundation that provides not only a place to go to school for elementary-aged children but a place for families to worship and a place for older children to learn a trade. One man's idea, another man's expertise, yet another's generrosity and the time and efforts of many others has turned an area where once nothing existed for very long, into a prospering community where people care about each other and have new-found pride. And that's just the tip of the iceberg!
I apologize for not blogging more or sooner but it's so difficult here because accessibility to the internet is limited (and we thought dial up was slow). We've also been without phone access for much of the time too. I hope I soon get wireless service or find somewhere to connect my computer to make it easier to keep in touch with you all but now I have to go because of the early bell!! Pics and more news soon. Carlene
Day One I was 4 bandages into a new pair of shoes and realized that I left several items of importance back home...including my flat shoes, mounds bars (which will be a great welcome home present to myself) and various other items. Each day starts at about 7:30 and ends around midnight with lots of walking and standing thrown in for good measure. We have seen some spectacular projects initiated by or supported by Rotary, including a private Rotary-ffunded Foundation that provides not only a place to go to school for elementary-aged children but a place for families to worship and a place for older children to learn a trade. One man's idea, another man's expertise, yet another's generrosity and the time and efforts of many others has turned an area where once nothing existed for very long, into a prospering community where people care about each other and have new-found pride. And that's just the tip of the iceberg!
I apologize for not blogging more or sooner but it's so difficult here because accessibility to the internet is limited (and we thought dial up was slow). We've also been without phone access for much of the time too. I hope I soon get wireless service or find somewhere to connect my computer to make it easier to keep in touch with you all but now I have to go because of the early bell!! Pics and more news soon. Carlene
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