We're Busy!

Lots to do, so little time.
I'll update soon!
-Megan

Bienvenue a Vancouver!

Hey everyone!

Finally we are in Burnaby, got here nice and safe last Wednesday. And welll of course it wouldn't be a Katimavik rotation if our luggage didn't mysteriously disappear somewhere between Montreal and our final destination.

Anways, yes we did get our luggage two days later but it was all there safe and sound and hopefully it won't happen again (for the 3rd time, the first on our way up to Chisasibi, the second on our way from Chisasibi, and the third on the transfer from Montreal to Vancouver).

So our house is REALLY! cool and it's old and creaky and cold and the bathroom has cool lights and there's a closet with a toilet in it and we have a patio with a BBQ and cool rooms and like a billion closets in each room and it's warm here! There is snow but it's all melting away and it's raining it's fantastic I haven't needed my winter coat at all and there are mountains outside!

Well anyways we went to interviews for work placements on Friday and the work placements are:
BACI
Neil Squire
Burnaby Hospice
Windsor House Alternative School
The Summit

I can't explain them all cause I forgot what they are BUT they are all really cool and I got placed at BACI which helps people with special needs become more involved in the community. Today was my first day and I loved it. It's a really great environment and everyone, both workers and clients, are amazing people, so I'm really looking forward to working there for the next couple of months.

Anyways that's all I've got for now, hope you're all well.
Take care,
Megan

Merry Christmas Happy New Year

Hey!

Happy New Year to everyone, I hope everyone's was great! We've been very busy at the Katima-house with lots of cleaning and activities and celebrations. The town of Chisasibi has had all these really fun nightly gatherings at the banquet hall and such since the 27th and we've gone to a lot of them. The prizes are really cool but the games are even better, it's so much fun just to play, my face usually hurts from laughing too hard.

So New Years Eve was a very quiet one...for a couple of minutes! The group all decided to go to the Banquet Hall for celebrations, however Kalleena and I were still trying to look pretty so they left without us. We finally left around 11:20 and got to the Hall a bit early, naturally no one was there, mostly at Church or still at home. We ended up not being able to find the rest of our group so our 12:00 consisted of us walking around saying "have you seen our family?" and hugging at 12:00 because we were alone in the middle of the road. So cute!

Well we went to the Hall the group showed up eventually and there was food and coffee and celebrations and games and prizes and dancing and laughing and the fun didn't stop till the morning. Then last night there was a Formal feast that some of us went to and we got all dresssed up with our long johns underneath because it was so cold and the feast was SO GOOD! There was moose and turkey and caribou and ham and beef and a few veggies hehe. Then there were some more games and a couple people even won a 42 inch flat screen t.v., a full stainless steel kitchen set, and a living room set.

Today was mostly spent packing, and finding many things we thought were lost. Ihave managed to pack completely and my suitcase does close. However I still have some stuff out, hopefully it fits in my backpack for camp.

Well that's about it for now. We're going to a Walking Out ceremony tomorrow, which is a traditional ceremony where the kids walk in their snow shoes for the first time and the community invited us to come so we're all excited to go.

Happy New Year!!!

-Megan