Butt Bonding with Paula

Yes, my professor and I had a bonding moment when we both ended up with needles stuck in our butts and shirts practically off while at the doctor's office.

Some of you may know that I have been sick for almost a week now and have now missed school two days in a row. Well, Paula, one of my professors has been sick since before we got here, so we both headed to the doctor's today in hopes of getting something to make us feel better, not realized it would become a bonding experience.

Not knowing what to expect we went back to Dr. Burger's office together. I was first...Dr. Burger had me sit on the table as he checked my throat and ears. Then he just threw my shirt up and started listening to my lungs, Paula politely looking away. Then he had me lie down and with not very much warning told me to lie on my side and he was going to give me a shot in my butt...Uhhhh...If you know me, I HATE SHOTS, so my eyes got real big and inside I was freaking out. Paula saw my expression and sitting right beside me asked if I wanted her hand...OF COURSE I took it!!

After that it was Paula's turn...thinking she was safe from the butt shot, the doc checked her throat and ears, as well as throwing her shirt up as well, me looking away politely as well. As the doc listened to her lungs he told her, "It doesn't sound good", but then said nothing else. Then once again the words came out of his mouth, "Lie on your side, you're getting the same shot." Paula had the most surprised look on her face and said something along the lines of "Oh great..." As we made our way out to the prescription pick-up we had a full blown discussion about whose butt was bigger and how big butts run in both of our families...just another great bonding experience...lol. And with that being said, we both left with lots of meds and sore butts...what a bonding experience it was.

As we talked with the other girls when they got home, we realized that we didn't really ask any questions and just let it all happen, haha. So don't ask what the shot was..lol. Hopefully we will both get better soon though.

Oh and just so no one freaks out, I have a weird strain of the flu (yes I got a flu shot, but apparently their flu here is different then ours), which was starting to turn into a sinus issue so I now have 4 prescriptions: nasal spray, antibiotics, cough medicine, and some weird prescription tablets that dissolve in water. I've never taken so many medicines in my life!

And Paula, she still has bronchitis...poor thing. They gave her some antibiotics, cough medicine and the dissolving tablets as well. Hopefully she gets better soon. If she doesn't get better here then hopefully she'll be able to see her normal doc when she gets home at the end of next week.

At the end of the day, all we can do is tell the story and laugh about it, in hopes that whatever we got shot into us will help us. I'm not going to lie though, I now feel like a druggie with a sore butt.

Pre-Primary Take Two and a Trip to the Children's Home

Wow! Well the day started with an amazing message from one of the heads of department, Mikah. Instead of sharing scripture, he told a story...it went something like this:

There were these two men, each carrying a cross, from city to city. As we all know crosses are very long and very heavy. As they dragged their crosses along the dirt road they became very very exhausted. One of the men came up with an idea, he said, "How about we cut our crosses? Then they won't be as long and heavy." The other man refused and continued to carry his heavy, long cross. The first man however, cut is cross and it indeed became much lighter. As they continued to travel the first man continued to cut more and more until there was hardly any left, while the other man still was dragging is very long and heavy cross. Eventually they came to a HUGE valley right before there destination and with no other way across the man with the uncut cross laid it across the valley, walked across, picked up his cross again and continued on his way. The man with the cut cross asked if he could use his uncut cross but the man replied, "No, I can't my cross is too heavy to stop and wait, I must continue." So, the first man was left with very little of his cross and was unable to cross into the promised land.

Mikah related this story to us as teachers. He said that we have many opportunities to shortcut the hard things, to leave out standards, etc but we are only cutting our learners crosses when we do so and when those learners come to that valley they will be unable to cross over.

As I thought about this story more and more, I was inspired not only as a teacher, but as a Christian, as a follower or Christ. I will never forget this story!

After this amazing time Jessica Edwards and I were informed that the pre-primary teacher was once again gone for the day, so it was back to pre-primary for us! It was a very crazy day, although I feel as though it was somewhat smoother than the first day of school.

One of the greatest challenges for me was the language barrier. Many of the learners (being so young) knew very little English, so when trying to teach routines and procedures such as getting their attention, we tried 4 or 5 different methods before finding one that some what worked (quiet coyote). Even then it was a battle. Some students were very defiant and just smiled and laughed when we tried to tell them to do something, others listened the first time.

We reviewed the colors red, yellow and blue and taught green, we worked on counting, read stories, which were always a hit, and they drew self-portraits of themselves which we hung on the wall. At the end of the day, as the learners hugged us and left, I smiled hoping that each one learned something and were positively impacted throughout the day. Right as the last few learners left, exhaustion hit me like a brick wall.

Megan working on her self-portrait

Luhell working on her self-portrait

Some of the self-portraits hanging on the wall!

Haroldt holding his drawing of the Namibian Flag

Pre-Primary Class Photo

BUT, the day was not over!

We climbed in the van and headed to the Children's home were myself and two other girls will be helping at every Monday. The owner told us that they would love to have tutors and help every day so we split the 9 of us up into pairs and chose 1 day a week.This experience was one I had been waiting for for a long time. I was able to loved on those kids as I had always dreamed of doing. I ran with them up and down the road (barefooted by the way), they did my hair, I hugged them and talked with them for hours. I even helped some kids cover their school books (they all have to be covered). And at the end of the day we got pictures and talked of the fun we will have next Monday when I bring playing cards for them, more bobby pins (for them to do my hair), and whatever else I can stir up. I loved it and the next day, I stayed home sick, but was told that some of them were looking for me at school and that they all said hello from the home. What a joy it is to be with kids here!! I love it.

Etosha National Park

The BEAUTIFUL Namibia Sunset above Etosha National Park!

Ok so back to the trip up north. After leaving Opuwo, we headed to just outside of Etosha National Park, where we stayed in a bush camp. Yes, we slept in tents, but let me tell you, they weren’t just any tents; they were actually really nice minus the fact that we were in the forest in Africa with zip up doors…haha. There were two experiences that I need to tell you allaboutwhen at the bush camp. First, we swam with a water SCORPION!!!We had no idea what it was and when I saw it I was out for good, lol. Second, we had Eland steak for dinner and it was the best steak ever!! (Don’t worry I already told my dad that it nothing against him and that I love his steak too…lol). It was a great experience sleeping in tents in Africa, although this was when I started to get sick L UGH! A bad cold I think…it sucks!

Anyways, after staying one night at the bush camp we headed out bright and early into Etosha National Park. This park was HUGE and wildlife roamed in their natural habitat all around us. We drove from 6:30AM to 4ishPM and still only got half way through the park. It was so amazing though! We saw rhinos, springbok, wildebeest, giraffe, various birds, zebra, a hyena and much more!

One of the many zebra we saw!

Oh and I could NEVER forget…LIONS!!! But before I tell you theamazing experience that goes along with seeing the lions, I need to tell you that seeing lions in there natural habitat was top three on my list of things I wanted to do…

So that being said…here’s the story…

We stopped at a camp within the park to eat lunch and heard that some woman had seen lions 5 min down the road, so we all shoveled the food in and hoped in the van. Just before we left the camp, we noticed a flat tire on our baggage trailer so we stopped to fill it. As they were fixing the leak, we ran into one of the game wardens and of course our driver, Uanee knew him. This lead to Uanee asking the warden if he could show us where the lions were at and amazingly enough he agreed! As we were driving to the lions Uanee informed us that the game warden was willing to take all of us in the back of his truck out close up and personal with the lions! I was Ecstatic! So we piled in and headed out and I am not lying the lions were within FEET fromus, just check the pictures J. There was like 4 or 5 females, a baby, an adolescent male and one full-grown male lion! It was one of the most amazing experiences I’ve ever had.

Ok I'm sorry but I waited hours for a really sweet video I have of the adolescent male lion following our truck, but it still wasn't uploaded and I'm done waiting. lol. You'll have to wait until I get home. :)

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!

Read Aloud

The learners loved just looking through the books!

Coloring :)

Opening Ceremony Prayer

Break Time!

Ok so I forgot that I had not blogged about the first day of school yet, boy was it an adventure!

On Monday the 17th I experienced just what it is like on the first day of school in Katutura! It was so crazy! We started the day out late when our cab driver didn't show up, so Paula, Steve, and Jan drove all of us to our schools. I was dropped off at my school, AI Steenkamp at 7:15ish in the morning and shortly after the opening ceremony started. The opening ceremony consisted of singing worship songs, a word from a priest, which was in Afrikaans so I have no idea what he said, prayer and the raising of the Namibian flag while the national anthem was sang. It was so amazing! Its crazy to me that AI is a public school, yet so spiritual, which is very different from the U.S. You'd think that it would have been weird for me to be at a school where they worship and pray, yet it seemed so normal to me. I loved it so much.

After the opening ceremony, we went in with the principal to talk with her about placements. A few of us at AI still don't have placements, so we thought we would be placed or able to observe, but little did we know, the principal had other plans. The pre-primary teachers were away at a workshop all day and the rest of the week so Jessica, Janelle, Molly and I got the wonderful opportunity to teach the pre-primary class of 20 learners. Pre-primary is what we call kindergarten in the United States and it was the first year for AI to have kinders. It was crazy!

We picked up the learners from the outside pre-primary introduction and no one really knew where their class was. They just pointed down one of the buildings and said to look in the 3rd or 4th classroom. As we began to walk the parents followed as well as one other teacher. We finally found the room and the other teacher came in and introduced us to the parents and told them what was going on. Once the parents said good-bye to their learners they left with no hesitation and we began our day.

We started with names...did I mention that these learners knew VERY little English? Well they spoke VERY little English! So, the names...We tried to make it a game, by saying our name and then everyone reciting "Hello (name)". After we modeled this a few times they eventually caught on. They were very quiet though and so it was very hard to hear and understand them. After name we began teching what we could with what we had, which was....nothing. We all had to sit on the floor on blankets and we found some old bottle caps that were differnet colors. We used these to teach counting and colors. We did some small group work and large group work. We also sang and moved with them to keep their energy up. They all seemed to be having so much fun. We sang "head, shoulders, knees and toes" and "ring aroung the rosie". And believe me we sang them a lot! We sang them slow and fast. They loved the fast version and loved falling down!

After a while though, they needed to get out and run, so we took them out to the playground. This would be the time where we figured out they have no idea how to line up or walk in a line, so another learning opportunity was born. We had them walk in a train with their hands on the shoulders of the person in front, it was so cute! But then the playground came into sight and it was all over, they all ran and we had to work to get them all back in a line. Once the line formed again and we walked the rest of the way we finally released them to play. It was all good and dandy until within the next couple minutes the whole school (1400 learners) came out for break, that was when we lost all of our little learners and had to search and search to get them back in the room. We went back with 11 and eventually the remaining 9 found their way back as well. It was insane, lol. It's actually a miracle and once back in the room we found that we had more than our students in our room listening to a story, we had various grades. Obviously we had to kick them out once break was over, but it was so amazing that they were so eager to listen and sit for a story!

On top of the chaos and experiences with the pre-primary was the general impression of the first day of school. Teachers having their learners prepare and organize their rooms, learners never going back to class after break, teachers not showing up for some classes, learners just walking the streets and leaving during break, it was all so different from the U.S.

So at this point I still don't have a placement, but I would never change the opportunity that I was blessed to have with the pre-primary class! I am truly thankful for the passion that many teachers in the U.S. have for their jobs, where here it seems to be more of a job that a lot just do because its a job. I know their are teachers like this in the U.S. and I know there are passionate teachers here in Namibia, but the majority is very different. I am so excited to get placed and start learning and teaching!

OPUWO

Yes this is on the side of the road and these are cows AND GIRAFFE. haha.

After a long 10-hour drive, we finally arrived in Opuwo (A smaller town up north). As we were driving in, Paula said to us, “We are not in Windhoek anymore,” we asked why and she said, "You will see"…

We did see.

It was an amazing experience, but one that made me think about different cultures and people at a deeper level. As we drove through town there were small huts and market areas everywhere.

There were lots of people walking up and down the streets as well. We were told that once we get out of the van we shouldn’t take pictures without asking and many will want you to pay them to take their picture, especially the Himba and Herero people. It was amazing to see the traditional/tribal people all around.

Himba woman

The Himba cover their bodies in this red paste stuff, which they use for beauty and to keep their skin oily and moisturized. They wear traditional clothing and various kinds of jewelry. Their hair is also covered in the red paste and some have very distinct and beautiful hairstyles and headpieces.

The Herero wear very beautiful and traditional dresses with a headpiece that looks similar to cattle horns. I would have to look more into the meaning behind why the cattle horns are so significant, but it was very interesting to see.

Once we got to our hotel a few girls and I wanted to go to the store across the street to get some things, so we headed out having no clue what to expect. This is when I began toexperience why Paula said what she said…As we walked out of the store, there were some women wanting us to buy their things they made. We said no thank you and began to walk away, but the women kept putting their baskets against us and saying, “Please, for my baby.” We continued to say no and walked away, which was so hard to do. Then as we walked down to another store, we realized that these women and others were following us and I’ll be honest, at first it was really scary and made me feelreallyuncomfortable. As we walked by a gas station Uanee, our driver, asked us where we were going then offered us a ride. We took the offer and he drove us there and back. As we were driving we talked with him and I realized then that He was from this town and knew everyone. Things were said that made me feel bad for beingscared. After a long timeprocessing and talking with others, I realized that it is ok for us to be on our toes and aware of what isgoing on around us, but there is no need to be scared. These are people, God’s creation, God’s children and so am I. As the 3 days we were there went on, I became much more comfortable and I actually loved experiencing this new culture. I bought many bracelets from various women and learned a lot. Although still a heart wrenching experience, Opuwo is a home for somany people and I loved being a part of it for the 3 days we were there.

Mobile school that is now a perminent structure and changing to a government school.

We also went to two mobile/tent schools while in Opuwo, one of which was a school that is a now permanent structure. Learners sang and danced for us, we gave supplies in which they loved and used right away, and we just got to see how education works in and around Opuwo. It was amazing. The tent school we went to actually wasn’t in session at the time because there was no food, but as we drove up kids followed and joined us in the tent. I learned thattheteacher lives on the site of the tent school and that these schools start and end according to the needs of the community around them. Some learners have morning chores they must complete before attending school so school starts later. The schools also move according to theparents/families mobility. There is so much to say about the schools, but if I shared it all now this blog would be the longest ever.

Tent School

New Supplies!

Overall, the experiences in Opuwo were eye opening and amazing. They were much different from the ones we had had already in Windhoek. People were much more aggressive and traditional wear was everywhere. It was obvious that Opuwo was a much more rural town then Windhoek. I am so thankful for the experiences and all the things I saw throughout the three days there.

Small huts that are all along the roads up north.

Video of Mobile School Learners Singing to us! :)

Sunday FUN!

Went to church this morning in Katutura...

Worship words written on an overhead projector :)

It was AMAZING! It truly was and I love that The Lord is the same here as He is at home as well as everywhere else.

I have always known that but to really experience it was so amazing. Namibians are so welcoming, so loving, and sooo passionate. They dance, sing and shout with a joy that overflows and bubbles out of them! AMAZING...thats all I can say! I will be going back...thats for sure!

After church we headed to Edwin and Emmie's house (my professors friends) and had SO MUCH AMAZING food! I am pretty sure it was the best meal I've had since we've been here. Dinner lately has consisted of crackers, cheese, and lunch meat :) So it was a great treat! They had a ton of their family over as well and we swim and playing with the kids all day! It was so fun.

Tomorrow is the first day of school then it is off to the north on tuesday, where we will not have internet for 5 days. So its early to bed tonight :) Miss everyone!!

First teacher days of SCHOOL!!

The first two days at school....success! The last two days I have attended teacher work days and they have been amazing. Yesterday we started the meeting an hour later then scheduled (Namibian time as we call it :)) and began with WORSHIP! Yes, we began a TEACHER meeting AT SCHOOL with worship and scripture reading!! It was amazing and they worshipped in English, Afrikaans, and a language I dont know how to spell but definitely involves clicks which was amazing! I loved it.

Today we went for another few hours and helped around school a little as well as talked to one of the head of departments to start to figure out our placements. In the process we met three really cute boys who were playing outside: Jonas, Ben and Lorenzo. They loved getting their picture taken and playing with us. It was so fun talking with them and just loving on them. That is exactly what I came here to do...love on the people of Namibia, especially the children any way I can: teaching, hugging, playing, talking, etc. :)

I will say that it is starting to get a little harder for me here though. I am beginning to miss friends and family, but it will just help me grow more! I cant wait for Monday when we get to meet all of the learners we will have!

SAFARI!!! :)

Well today was amazing and crazy all at the same time. We went to Okapuka Ranch, where we went on a safari and saw various wild animals up close and personal. It was amazing…weclimbed in our zebra safari truck, just like you see on TV and headed out into the wild in search of rhinos, crocodiles, giraffe, and more.

We first spotted giraffe out in the distance, then a lot of springbuck. As we continued we saw wildebeests, impalas, giraffes within feet, a mongoose, jackals, oryx, red hartebeests, warthogs, vultures, crocodiles and rhinos! The oryx were pretty shy and ran away a lot, but the rhinos came right up to the truck…I COULD HAVE JUMPED ON AND RODE IT AROUND!! It was pretty scary at first, but super COOL! We also got toseebabies:babyrhino,warthogs, springbuck, and wildebeests. It was amazing!! I have yet to see a lion; at the ranch we were at they kept them in a separate place so they wouldn’t kill all the animals. They did have cheetahs and panthers, but we didn’t see them. They are very shy and are active all night and early AM. The safari was amazing and seeing all the animals in their natural habitat was breathtaking as well as seeing all the beautiful animals that I have never seen before.It was truly amazing!!

Warthog Family

Giraffe!!!

Springbuck...B-E-A-UTIFUL!

Pic with a Rhino...OK :)

After the safari, we headed to Okahandja, where we experienced our first bargain shopping. There were so many handmade crafts, all so beautiful. I didn’t buy anything yet because we are going back there on the way back from up north. I just looked and took notes of everything that I want. J SO FUN! Its actually almost overwhelming to think about buying stuff because there is so much and I don’t even know what I REALLY WANT…it’s really weird. A highlight though was seeing a really cute little boy who had the best smile ever and followed us down the road a bit. Every time I smiled and waved he got the BIGGEST SMILE on his face. He definitely captured my heart J. Once we went through all the shops there we headed back home. It was a full day, but worth it all!

Tomorrow its our first teacher work day...finally get to meet my teacher and see my school. I'm actually kind of nervous!

Katutura Videos

Here are the videos I talked about on my last post...it takes forever to upload videos so I have to have lots of time and patience. LOL.

Katutura and a tour

Shocked, heartbroken, and amazed all at once…

We toured Windhoek yesterday, where we looked out over thecity, traveled through the city, and drove through Katutura, where we will be teaching. Katutura is the rural area of Windhoek and while going through it seemed like the tin/metal houses never ended. Adults and kids were walking everywhere. It was amazing how joyful the people were while living in what we consider very poor conditions, but after debriefing we learned that some people have themoney to move but choose to live there. While going through Katutura, we stopped at Moses Garoeb, one of the schools some of us will be teaching at. It was amazing and a group of kids come by us while leaving and posed for pictures.J They were so cute and it made us all super excited to start teaching and meet all of our students. I really don’t even know what else to say…I am still pretty speechless about everything. Hereare a couple videos of Katutura and some pictures from the day that probably speak louder than anything I could write.

Once we finished the tour of Windhoek our professors took us into town to exchange money and then let us explore. We went shopping at their mall and markets, mainly just looking around. Some of the girls needed purses/bags and some of us needed sunglasses...the sun is real bright and real hot! We then come back “home” and hung out for a while. I went to take a nap at 7ish and ended up waking up at 10pm, getting ready for bed and going right back to sleep. You could say I was a little exhausted. J I have been waking up around 6-6:30 every morning though and love that. It gives me time to watch the sun finish rising and have some quiet time! I love it.

I think for the most part we are settled, but I am still trying to take everything in and adjust to the new culture. We have to be really quiet here, which some of you may know is really hard for me. Everyone is so nice here and we have met many new friends.

I HAVE ARRIVED after lots of traveling adventures!

WoW! So two days ago I finally headed out in a plane to Namibia! I have so many crazy adventures and fun things to share already starting from the Seattle airport, through Frankfurt, Germany, and then finally to Namibia Africa!

First off, my parents take me to the airport Friday morning...we stop to see Gramps and my aunt Cindy then have a great family breakfast out in Spanaway and realize we are going to be way early to the airport so make a random stop at the Verizon store to set up skype on my mom'sphone. We still got to the airport early but come to find out Jessica Edwards another classmate did the same thing and was there before me even :)lol. It was actually good because there were no lines to check in...can I just say that the internationalsection of the airport is sweet :) Anyways we weighed my bags and all cleared, besides taking afew things out ofmy carry on...who knew there was a weight for that! lol. Oh and lets not forget that a third bag, which we thought would only be $50 was $250!!!! Sorry mom and dad :/ and thanks! Once I was checked in and ready Shan and Teri showed up to see me off which was really great!

I just realized how blessed I am to have amazing family and friends that really care and will miss me.

Once checked in it was off to Germany...

10 HOURS LATER we finally hit land again :) I watched 3 movies, talked and slept a totally of 30 min (yeah I know not much at all...I tried a lot but I just couldn't get comfortable). Now the lack of sleep really didn't help in Germany, but we still headed to the train and added to our many adventures...

it was obvious we were tourists when: first, we couldn't figure out how to get tickets, second we got off on the wrong stop and ended up walking down this really sketchy underground walkway

and past a Harley store to find a Eurocar shop where we asked for directions (thankfully we had Katy, who majored in German! Life Saver!). So we headed back through the sketchy walkway and back onto the train...

I have to say though the highlight of that part was MJ coming off the train with her rolling bag just as the doors closed and her bag was stuck...hahahaha... Steve Paula's husband came to the rescue and tried to pry the doors open enough for MJ to pull it out, but she pulled and pulled and I thought for sure her bag was going to the next stop without her, but we all yelled turn the bag and she finally got it out...haha we had a good laugh about that one!

...Anyways back on the train and went to the right stop which took us into a German city that was beautiful. There were giant old cathedrals

and markets, mom there was even a Starbucks haha. We walked around a lot looking for a great German restaurant and just exploring, and finally found a great little place. Now this was a whole nother experience. My professor and I ordered the same thing, a clod cut sandwich that had an assortment of cold cuts...well we get our plate and it is a dish full of cheese with no bread and no meat...we just thought it was theGerman way of making an opencoldcutsandwich...thankfully she came back and told us she had given us the wrong dish (after we had ate several bites haha). The sandwich was still very different with one small slice of bread and a LOT of cold cut meats.It was actually fairly good, although traveling really messes up my tummy.

After eating we headed back to the airport to relax for a while..we were all EXHAUSTED and TIRED!! Paula told us not to sleep yet though because we would be flying through the night and needed to sleep then to get on Namibia time! So I tried SOOOO hard to stay awake and was pretty successful minus the fact that I was nodding of the whole train ride back to the airport. I was definitely sleep deprived. Finally after waiting several hours at the airport we boarded our final leg of the trip...Namibia Air flight that took us another 10 hours to our final destination! I SLEPT LIKE A ROCK! Passed out right when we sat down haha!

So FINALLY, we made our descent into Namibia, Africa!! After 36 hours of traveling we finally made it! The coolest part...when we were flying in I sat by a window and it was beautiful! I actually got to see a Giraffe and lots of gazelles and other deer like animals (don't know the names) running in their natural habit!! IT WAS AMAZING!!!! But don't worry the adventures don't stop here...

We landed and walked our way into the airport (VERY SMALL) where we went through customs...well we got stuck. They held us at customs because they thought we were working and said we needed a work permit! Crazy, but after Paula worked her magicand we explained further what we were doing in Namibia, they let us go! GOOD THING :) lol.

So then we loaded all our baggage (MOUNDS!!) and met our cab drivers that we will have for the next 2 months: Grant and Shane. They are great people! They then drove us to our "home", Casa Blanca. Another highlight...WE SAW A BABOON CROSS THE ROAD IN FRONT OF US!!! lol. A baboon I said...a real one!!! haha..crazy! It was a beautiful drive and as we pull up to Casa, it is AMAZING!

Just completely beautiful! The people here are amazing and our rooms are fantastic! The rest of the day I went on a walk with Katy, visited the grocery store down the road, went on a second walk, laid by the pool, hung out and waited for the Internet to start working (there was a big storm last night that completely wiped it out for a while). We are having a braai tonight, which is a big barbecue! We are all trying to still stay awake so that we can get a GOOD nights rest tonight!

So for now that's all, but I know there will be much more to come. It is beautiful here and I can't wait to meet kids and more people from the area! I also cant wait to see more animals roaming around!! :) Tomorrow we will eat breakfast and head into Windhoek to explore the mall and other great things as well as have a mini orientation to the town! That's all I know....I really have been missing everyone, but its been amazing here. I love you all and can't wait to share more adventures as I experience them. I'll post pics and videos soon.