Hails & Farewells; English Discussion Group

In my office we had two good guys head home after a very successful tour of duty. Congratulations guys on the the good turnover and setting a high bar for those of us who are following in your steps. Likewise, we also welcomed a couple of new guys to the office - my immediate supervisor and an Army Major who will be working with me. We have some catching up to do on reports and then scheduling new meetings with missions coming back from down range.

I finally was successful in signing up for an English Discussion Group. It seems these volunteer opportunities are highly sought after because one can earn a volunteer service medal with enough volunteer hours over a certain time frame. These EDGs are held at English schools in Djibouti and provide a great opportunity to engage Djibouti students in conversations of various topics. For this Sunday we went to to the Africa School for English and French. Unfortunately, not soon after we arrived the power went out in the entire neighborhood. The school had a back-up generator but it wasn't working so well. Our group of 8 had to head back to Camp. Oh, well must try again for another day.