Lake Oconee

Okay some more strange things- so many people write in pencil not pen. I'm actually one of the few who write in pen! It is also really easy to spot an international student at the dinner table- they will be using a knife and fork, not just a fork!

I went to The Municipal Court of Lawrenceville to write a report for an assignment. It was very interesting. There were lots of traffic offences and people were even in court for home maintenance violations!

I helped out with some yard work at a nearby YMCA. It was nice to be able to see their facilities, I put out pine straw, did some weeding and cleaning up.

I have also discovered that I can in fact throw an American Football, I can even make it spin. We also go rock climbing on Thursday nights. This is fun and a really great work out!

This weekend we went to Lake Oconee with some of the GRSP students in my area. There were twelve of us all together. We stayed in the homes of local Rotarian's. The house I was at was surrounded by a gold course!

On the way there we took a scenic route. We saw huge distribution centres and homes. We also stopped in a little town called Maddison for a late lunch.

On the Friday night we all had a southern BBQ dinner together and then listened to an opera singer who lived in the area. It was really personalised and he had an amazing voice.

On Saturday we worked with Habitat for Humanity. This meant we were putting frames for houses together for those less fortunate. They have a program where people must apply for these homes and they have to help build it and pay back the cost of materials over a period of time. Their motto is "We provide a hand-up, not a hand-out."

That afternoon we went to the lake. The weather was not the best, but it did stop raining for us, and the weather never stopped me anyway! It was great to spend some time together. We played a bit of volleyball and Frisbee, and got dragged around behind a boat which is always fun!

That night we had burgers for dinner and then listened to a talk about the local area. We then did some karaoke. Which was great fun and by that point we were all exhausted.

On Sunday the four of us at GGC all went to a BBQ hosted by one of my host families. We were pretty tired, but had a really nice time. It was a good chance to meet some of the other host families.