US Navy ship SS Peleliu just arrived in our lagoon a couple of days ago, on a humanitarian mission - giving out medical supplies, painting stuff, fixing stuff, etc. And it's got 1700 people on it! Adding that to the existing ri belle (white person/foreigner)population, this is probably the most ri belles the Marshall Islands have ever seen at one time. They helicopter their own volunteers to a bunch of the outer islands for humanitarian work during their stay here,and they'll be here for about another week. I asked one if they could give me a ride to Kili; he said no. Fortunately, the Air Marshall Islands plane should be working by Friday; I'm expected to leave then. My fingers are crossed.
There's a big basketball game tonight, the Navy team (they have a basketball team, apparently) versus the national championship team of the Marshall Islands. The Navy played the #2 team last night and beat them, although I here it was somewhat close. I missed it last night, but I'm really pumped to watch tonight's game.
I spent the last week and will spend this coming week in Laura. There's not much there for me to do, but I've tried to make the most of it. I have observed some elementary and high school teachers so I can have an idea of what Marshallese elementary school students are like. I also went on a binge of watching "The Office", blowing through the first two seasons in a week. I'm already a few episodes into the third. Other than that, I try to help out Chris (Chimpo) and Ray, my hosts and the two Dartmouth teachers stationed there.
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Hey Charlie, don't let mom know you were considering a helicopter ride. That's way to dangerous for her taste.
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