Greetings All -
This past week has been relatively slow, and it's been good to have a chance to settle in and figure out a routine. Classes are going well so far, and I'm still meeting new people at school and making friends easily.
Last Tuesday I made it to the Aberdeen Rotaract club's first meeting of the semester. Everyone seems pretty cool, and I'll look forward to helping out with Rotaract charity and social events over the next two semesters.
On Wednesday, my sponsoring Rotarian, Ian Reid, picked me up and drove me to the Cults hotel to visit the Aberdeen Deeside Club for the first time. Ian is a retired educator who grew up in Edinburgh. After chatting for a while, we made our way upstairs for the meeting. Quentin Tweedie, the club president, introduced me along with the guest speaker (a member of parliament representing the Aberdeen area).
Dinner was excellent, and the speaker was interesting. The visit was a great opportunity to meet local Rotarians, and Quentin mentioned that they'll want me to come back to make a presentation in the next couple of months. The club gave me a banner to bring back to the Kilgore Rotary Club, and I have a Kilgore banner to give them when I return to speak.
Over the weekend I attended church in the King's Chapel, which is attached to King's College. The church is ancient and beautiful, and some of the stained glass windows have been in place for over 500 years. I also discovered that there's a youth dinner (with free food!) every Sunday night after church. :) The youth dinner was a fun opportunity to chat with other students while enjoying homemade chicken noodle soup (amazing since it was 40 degrees outside).
On a different note, a package arrived containing East Texas t-shirts that were collected by Rotarians from District 5830! Thank you to my parents for going to the trouble of shipping them over. I've already handed several t-shirts out to my roommates (from India, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria). They seem really excited to have Texas gear to wear! I'm going to try to take some t-shirts to the Rotaract meeting tomorrow evening to hand out to members.
That's all for now, but hope things are going great back in Texas. Cheers!
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My dear friend, you are certainly getting to know GB and Scotland in particularly. How can the countryside be so green when it is so cold??? I love the pictures of the seaside and the castle. Looks like the camera is doing a great job. If you need us to send you anything, please let us know. Your descriptions of the area and your activities are wonderful. We get lots of comments from those who read the blog. Must go and deliver with some other Rotarians books to the Kilgore Hts library. Take care in all you do. k castles
Hi Kay! It's great to hear from you. It is surprising to see a countryside so green when it's always cold outside. It rains/mists for at least half a day 2-3 times a week, which makes it even more beautiful when it's sunny outside. Thanks for the feedback, and please let me know if there's anything I can do to help Kilgore Rotary from abroad. Cheers!
Good for people to know.
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