Peace Corps Philippines batch 264

Well it's definitely been awhile since my last post so let's see how much I can remember.
Well since that last rugby tournament I have played a few games. we just finished the 7's league last weekend where we won the boys, women's and men's A and B division. We were kind of short on players so me being one of the youngest on the team, i played for all three teams last weekend and had a blast! I even got player of the day for scoring the game winning try in the last minute of play so that was cool.
I went home for my brothers wedding last week and it was the best vacation I ever had. I hung out with Nichole mostly and ate some great food and of course I went to the keg to have my favorite meal the sirloin oscar. The wedding was a blast! the ceremony was beautiful but not as beautiful as the bride, and the reception lasted all afternoon and well into the night where the galacher/ mcgill clan danced the night away until they turned the music off and kicked us outta there! A great night was had by all.
Now I'm back to work at the center. The kids had the week off school so I created some activities for them to play. Tuesday we had a volleyball tournament, wednesday we did a scavenger hunt where the kids worked in teams and answered question about Pilipino history, math and of course they had to scour the community in search of hard to find item like lizards, frogs and mango's that are non existent cause they are out of season. I love trick questions but i gave them points for getting mango leaves off the tree. Yesterday my friend Jef came up and taught the kids how to make christmas cards and bookmarks. Surprisingly the kids loved it and made some beautiful cards that the center will sell for some money to go to the center. and Today jef my other friend matt who is in town too and me will go with the boys to a resort to swim and have a good time singing videoke with the staff. This weekend I'll be heading to Baguio with matt and meet the rest of the CSE staff to discuss projects and have some brainstorming sessions on future projects on a bigger scale in which we can work together to create something sustainable and all inclusive for the entire DSWD, so we'll see how that goes. I hope everyone is doing well. I'm a little home sick but am getting over it like usual I have good days and bad so I'll keep at it and do what i do. take care everyone!

John