Today July 27th....was Game Day(Zi de Joc) here in Stauceni. No, nothing to do with the opening of the Olympics but just as delightfully international and friendly. As a community organizing group, we were given the assignment by Peace Corps to organize a youth event in our host village. We began weeks ago with some middle schoolers and planned a game day. They helped pic what games we would play and helped us think of what we needed to do and to get to make the day come off. We even asked the Mayor Valentin Stitnic to allow us to use the prime soccer fields of the village for the event. He was more than gracious to us and even provided drinking water for all the players at the event. It was a hot day, close to 100 degrees, but a nice breeze. We played Kickball...a new game for our Moldovan friends, Fotbal (soccer) and water baloon toss. In the pictures above you can see the smiling faces of our group. We had visiting Peace Corps volunteers from other sites, the Peace Corps Language Instructors from our village, the young people's Council from Stauceni who are college age were there to cheer us on, as well as the Mayor and a local Catholic priest Fr Hisgani. (picture above...Mayor in white shirt speaking with priest in red shirt) Two hours of fun were capped off with our own home made chocolate chip cookies and Jolly Rancher lolli pops. We all went home and enjoyed a nice shower.
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