Day Fifty Seven

In exaclty one month from this moment, my group and I will be settling into our new Katimahome in Vanderhoof, British Columbia. If the idea of leaving Fredericton was making me nervous, the idea of leaving Quebc, and the home we have here is absolutly daunting! It was hard enough getting to know everyone, including our PL Stephane, and our house, only to have to leave him and it for the next unsuspecting group.

At work, I am more and more working for the Friperee, a second hand store that gives things away for free. Today, while loading a large cart into the store, a man came up to ask the woman in charge some questions. He explained that he needed some clothes because he was hitchhiking to Halifax. So what was the problem here? He explained it all in perfect English. It was clear that neither of them knew what to do, and I was able to translate for them. I feel so useful when this sort of situation comes up because, even if I have a very limited vocabulary in French, I know how to word things so that I use the word I do know.

If you read my last blog (which you all did, of course :P ) youwill know that I am currently living in a billet family in the community. There are some definite perks to billetting. The first is the food. I don't have to cook it, and they are very pleased when we, Kellie and I are billetted together, help with the dishes. Also is the fact of the bread. The soft, chewable, evenly pre-cut bread. If you have ever had home made bread from scratch, you will know that it is a skill to make good bread. This knowledge leads you to conclude that if you have a group of eleven teenagers in a house, none that have baked bread before, you will know that the home made bread will not be very dependable, and since we do not buy bread, but make all that we need, store baugh bread seems like a once in a Katimalife time treat. Also, we have time to kick back and just be teenagers again. Most of the time in Katimavik, when we aren't working that is, is spent in meetings, planning commities, or out in the community. So when we come here to a billet house, we can relax and remember what a "normal" life is like.

That being said, I miss my Katimavik group terribly. There is a group of us that live relativly close to each other so we see each other fairly often through the two weeks. But, I miss those that aren't close. If you check my phone right now, 9 out the 10 most recently texted contacts are katimavik people (with the 1 out of 10 being my mother).We are so close, we aren't just a group, or a team, Katimavik is a family.

This weekend is my last days with the billet family, and the next weekend, my group and I are off to Montreal for the weekend. I am very much looking forward to that!

Everyday is a new adventure, so no worries.