Message of the Day: "God grant me the serenity to accept the
things I cannot change.. the courage to change the things I can…and the wisdom
to know the difference". Shared by Greg
Our team of early risers had
breakfast of apple fritters (racuchy) and lots of coffee.
After the meeting and Message of the Day and journal was read, it was
off to join another exciting day of teaching. We each seemed to have an armful
of material and lots of hope this would be
a good indication of what the students would be learning. In the fourth hour, there was a wonderful
presentation by Jan (one half of
the Greg and Jan clan from San Diego). We saw a variety of videos
of California including the San Diego
Zoo, products grown there, a mountain bike ride, and some yoga poses of the
presenter herself. This was followed by a sing-along of “This land is my land”
and “Waving Flag” with the children.
After lunch, Jan, Norina, and myself
walked to Kotun—and on the way admiring
the homes and gardens. On the way back, out of nowhere we heard the
sound of jets, and looked up and saw
about twelve jets. They could have been from NATO but we do not know… but it
was quite a sight.
Tonight we were treated to a Polish night,which began with
the Polish national dance,
continuing with a visual and spoken history of Poland with a short film, then the
traditional bread and salt followed by the dream about Warsaw song that
everyone knew the words for and a biography in English of historical
Polish men and women including Marie Curie and Reymont who won the Nobel prize for the book ‘Peasants’.
The evening
continued with the presentation of a gift of stone with the Polish flag and
date, to each volunteer,made by the children
themselves,then each one of us had to say a tongue twister in the Polish
language. "I love you Poland" was the final song by the group, after which we
were treated to a National treat of bread, lard
and pickles.We are very proud of them for putting on such a great show
of their heritage.
Journal by Brenda
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