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Saturday, August 25, 201

Yesterday we learned a little of the Malay language, and this morning I attempted to practice it at the morning meal (We had a breakfast of bread and hard boiled eggs-- It was tasty!)

This morning we will be learning more of the language and will be practicing it with each other.  We have also been invited to go for a jog this afternoon.

During our free time yesterday we went on a walk into downtown KK.


(Unfortunatly I am struggling to get pictures loaded on this blog--but Facebook has a good post-walk picture)

It was a lovely walk, but now I understand why they shower multiple times a day here.  So--we will see how this jog today goes!



Evening Reflection:

This morning we had more language training, we are learning to count to ten, say family titles and refresh ourselves on common phrases and greetings--it's a lot and a bit overwhelming, but its a phonetic language, so it's easier than I anticipated.

The jog today went okay.  Such high humidity makes it hard to breath.  I apparently ran 2 kilometers--I don't even know how far that is?

Dinner was rice, greens and then some meat.  Some days I eat rice, some days noodles, thankfully  I have found some soy sauce.

Peter, our country coordinator is just wonderful.  He leads us in thoughtful and engaging conversations and is very easy going.

Our group finally started bonding today over a nice game of phase 10, a personal favorite of mine.  It was fun to see personalities emerge and not to have an agenda for our time together.  Jet lag is wearing off, but, at 7:36 pm I am still ready to go to bed (it's already dark here at 7:00)