Picking up a trick or two

Well ladies and gentlemen had a relatively intriguing day today. I saw an incredible transistion occur during some of the singing festivities. There was this blind elderly man that seemed to come alive when he had a guitar in his hand. I didn't know he was blind until he was finished and he had to be helped off of the stage. I was shocked, this man's energy just seem to flourish on stage, but as soon as that guitar was handed off he seemed to age a lifetime. So to M.B. here's to you my friend.

For the first time in I don't know how many years I hit two threes in a row in basketball. I have to hand it to my boys showing me the proper grip on the ball to increase control. No one was more surprised than me when I got not one but two swishes in a row, I was aghast, the first one I thought was just beginners luck, but two, it was too much. I was kind of high on life after that but the day had all kind of little surprises. After Youth Group services, I was able to visit a couple different native homes and enjoy some native foods like aqutak (blackberry and mousefood) and some soups. After working on improving some of Yup'ik I found that I am still mixing up question words like how are you, who are you, and what are doing. My students crack up but i cant seem to stop myself from asking a student who they are when i want to do what they are doing. Outside of a couple language snafus things are looking on the up and up, I find I am able to make great improvements when I in a another village for the weekend. There just seems to be a stronger focus placed on just listening and mimicking the sounds. I also figured out how to work the zoom function on my camera which could lead to detailed and more interesting pictures, assuming I can figure out how to get a steady hand...
but that is something for another day, in the words of my parents at the dinner table, "What did you learn today?":