05/12/2009 “A tranquil lodge at a key intersection “

North Gate is a facility in Nata Village to accomodate visitors in Kansane(Francistown and Maun road intersection). It is very peaceful there with air conditioning a pool tv and much more.

05/06/2009 Donations At Work (Mural Project)

Nata Village , Sua Secondary School Health Club ,and Nata Primary School worked on a mural trying to insight children on staying healthy.

They all hope to get the message out there and worked really hard on this wall.

Ntwakgolo Support Group 04/28/2009

In the month of May the Ntwakgolo Support Group learned to work with leather shoes purses wallets jackets etc.They were really proud of themselves. And now are trying to work from their homes.

SUA Community Junior Secondary School 04/07/2009

Almost over 600 students at SUA community secondary school attended and listened to the awareness of aids , pregnancy , alcohol abuse and domestic violence. They walked out of there that day with a whole different point of view and insight on life’s reality.

Vocab 3/31

Profane: vulgar; obscene

1.Most rap artist lyrics contain profane words about women and money.

Pernicious:having a harmful affect

2.Smoking causes pernicious health affects like lung cancer .

Augment: to make greater in size

3.Eating a lot of unhealthy junk-food caused him to augment into an obese weight.

Languish: to yearn for someone/something

4.During the summer, he languished for his love and couldn’t stop thinking of her.

Obscure: not clear in meaning

5.When they went to Japan, everyone was speaking a language completely obscure to them and didn’t understand they were saying.

China Reopen parts of Tibet to Tourists

BEIJING — China said Monday it plans to reopen Tibet to foreign tourists next week, in a sign of Beijing’s growing confidence after several sensitive anniversaries passed without any major disturbances. Tibetan areas sealed off to foreign visitors last year following antigovernment protests and a massive security clampdown will reopen April 5, said a spokesman for the Tibetan regional government’s tourism administration. China requires foreigners to obtain special permission to visit Tibet and routinely bars them from all ethnically Tibetan areas of the country during sensitive periods.

Now , the people can learn and experience that part of history Of Tibet now that it’s reopened. But they have to respect it.

Vocab 3/24

Serene – calm, peaceful

1. We camped in a serene quiet camp sight for the week.

Commiserate – to sympathize with someone

2.It was hard not to cry when i was commismerating with the family who lost their daughter.

Forage –To search for food

3.The hungry boy was foraging through the fridge looking for a snack.

Pandemonium – Wild excitement, chaos

4.We walked through the crazy loud concert , it was complete pandemonium everywhere we turned.

Bliss – Extreme joy

5.She was in utter bliss when she was proposed to the love of her life.

Red Meat is Hazardous to Your Health 3/23

According to studies , Americans eat more red meat that their doctors suggest when they aren’t supposed to . This can lead to an earlier death than they would normally would have. So eat less red meat 🙂 and live longer!

Vocab

Bedlam – Extreme confusion or disorganization

1.We were in complete bedlam when she gave us a pop quiz on a chapter we hadn’t learned yet.

Somber – Gloomy, sad, serious

2.He was in such a somber mood , when he found out his fish died.

Mundane – Common, ordinary

3.It was just another mundane monday , where the usual routine took placce at school.

Oblivion – Forgetfulness, lacking awareness

4.She was in a complete state of oblivion when her car was missing from where she parked it !

Perpetual – Continual, continuous, without end

5.The man’s speech was perpetual , going on and on for hours.

Benedict visits Africa for first time as Pope

The pope goes to Africa to promote peace  reconcile and help reduce corruption also give support especially during this economic crisis occurring around the globe .

The pope starts his two-nation tour in Cameroon, where he will visit charities, meet Muslim leaders and attend a gathering of bishops trying to chart the Church’s role in bettering Africans’ lives.

How Nice Of Him 🙂