Second day at SKIDS. Went quite nicely. Learned some more signs. It’s been determined that I will most likely work with the junior-high level kids, though exactly what I’ll do I s’pose is to be determined. I think most likely I will work on language developement with a few kids individually. I think that would be best, so then I could get to know them and get used to communication with them, which is quite hard at times. We played cricket again today. One kid was talking to me by writing in the dirt with the cricket bat. She was really good at writing in the dirt, I was quite amazed.

I bought a soccerball the otherday, with the intention of playing. Yesterday and today I went to go play with the locals. I was sitting there with the ball, and this guy comes up asking me if I wanted to play (in better English than I have). Turns out to be from Fiji. Anyway, had an awesome match yesterday, and a good one today too. We had some young’ns playing today. Some of them are so good! Reminds me of Brazil. There’s really something to be said for getting straight schooled by a ten-year-old with a ball. My ball, actually. Y’know, it’s such a shame that people don’t use all our public feilds for sports enough. Here, the playground is absolutely packed (…although 99% by males…) and it’s just so cool to see people playing sports with their neighbors and being active. We Americans could learn a thing or two. Anyway, it seems I found the place for making friends with the locals, which is very good – I shouldn’t wish to spend all my time just with the other anglo volunteers.

So… I wonder if anybody is actually reading this thing, and then I realize that the fact that some one, somewhere, might actually be is enough to motivate me. I’ve never been motivate to keep a journal before.

Andy, you’re a genius. Keep up the good work by giving everyone good ideas like this one. Ronald Reagan would be proud of you if his brain hadn’t, well, y’know.