July 6 by Randy

Only a few days left.

Would you believe it has rains EVERY day we've been here? Thus, many of the activities I was looking forward to didn't happen. Instead we were couped up in the "house" all day. But this has not een a necessarily bad thing as we've been happy to get to know one another better.

We were able to do the kite making tonight, which seems to be a success - though with the wet conditions and lack of wind- was an untried experiment in practicality. They can take them home to try them if the weather doesn't improve.

Also, the halls of the lower level reverberated with the sounds of mallet striking tools as the kids their leather crafts.

On a lighthearted note, upon arrival, we'd heard the camp dog's name was "Chopek". Conveniently, after about 10 days we were informed by our hosts that we'd been pronouncing the name wrong. His name should be said, "ChAHpek". Nice to know that we'd been hollering his name throught the streets of town incorrectly the whole time...especially when you consider that the incorrect pronunciation was the name of a butt medicine. Those crazy Americans.


Hard to believe two weeks are almost gone.....