Wednesday May 10
It´s good that last night´s presentation was pared down. The Rotary Club meeting was to start around 8:00 pm but never seems to start until 8:30. Maybe that´s the reasl starting time.
Anyhow, after our presentation, they had women´s choral group perform for Mother´s Day, presentations of gifts to all of the mothers in the audience, our mutual presnetation oc Rotary Club banners, and all of that stuff. Anhow, we didn´t eat until after 9:30 pm and didn´t leave the Rotary House until after 11:00 pm.
A real surprise for us was that three of our hosts from Arapongas showed up at the meeting, Jaci &Vera, Manoel, and Luis Carlos & Marcia. Lots of hugs and kisses. Our first host families will always be special. They also plan to come next week to Apucarana.
Sometime I want to post about the diffeences between Rotary in Brazil and Rotary in the US. Superficial differences are apparent in that we meet in restaurants while they own their own buildings, they meet at night while we meet in the morning or for lunch, and their meetings are for the entire family while ours are attended primarily only by members. But I think there are deeper issues and involvement inRotary serves a social function that church provides for many of us in the the US.
Doug
Anyhow, after our presentation, they had women´s choral group perform for Mother´s Day, presentations of gifts to all of the mothers in the audience, our mutual presnetation oc Rotary Club banners, and all of that stuff. Anhow, we didn´t eat until after 9:30 pm and didn´t leave the Rotary House until after 11:00 pm.
A real surprise for us was that three of our hosts from Arapongas showed up at the meeting, Jaci &Vera, Manoel, and Luis Carlos & Marcia. Lots of hugs and kisses. Our first host families will always be special. They also plan to come next week to Apucarana.
Sometime I want to post about the diffeences between Rotary in Brazil and Rotary in the US. Superficial differences are apparent in that we meet in restaurants while they own their own buildings, they meet at night while we meet in the morning or for lunch, and their meetings are for the entire family while ours are attended primarily only by members. But I think there are deeper issues and involvement inRotary serves a social function that church provides for many of us in the the US.
Doug
posted by Doug Risser at 9:40 AM
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