East winds is a Swakopmund phenomenon. When they start in the winter time, they bring the hot air from the desert to the normally cool town of Swakopmund, here at the coast. But they do not only bring the heat, they also bring the sand in...... So today I had to choose between closing the windows and be toasted in my container office, or keep them just a bit open to profit from a slight breeze. I kept some windows a bit open, and now the office is dusty. If tomorrow is OK again, we'll do some cleaning.

Anyway, one of the dilemma's of working here as a manager at MYO. I took over from John and Donna in May, and we have had a lot of events since then. We had a big dedication event when Rob and friends were here in June, to thank the sponsors and celebrate the fact that we do now have a facility in place. At this event, we had the MYO choir sing for the guests, together with the big Mascato choir.

Furthermore, 2nd semester brought a lot of field trips for the diffferent grades: we went to the Swakopmund Museum, the Aquarium and the Kristall Gallery which the kids really enjoyed. And more construction; we now have a garden, more pavement, paint on containers and the fence to keep them from rusting away, and even a nice palm tree. Rotary helped with donating new chairs, desks and cupboards.

OK more next time,

kind regards,

Joris Uppelschoten