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Things are going just fine for me here in Germany. I can honestly say that I have learned the key to a successful year. Never sit back and just 'let it be', I will determain the end result of my year here in Germany.

Monday 20, Sept., I went to my first Rotary meeting, and I meet the other two

exchange students from Mexico. They both live in another town, but we are in

the same club. We, the exchange students, are invited to another meeting on

Wednesday. This will be an informal one at a Rotarians Farm. Bar-B-Qing and

so on.On Sept. 15, I was invited, by a Rotarian, to an exibitian in the city

Padabon of a Roman Kings Castle. It was truly amazing to see some of the

exibits that were 1000 yrs. or more.You are not allowed to take cameras and so I

have no pictures to show when I come back, but I do have a handbook.

My host parents are very involved in sports. My host mother is a gymnastics

trainer and my host father is an athletic trainer. I have a host sister who is

13yrs. I keep myself involved in alot of sport activities. Tuesday's and Thursday's I play volleball on a very good team. Wednesday's I go with my host mother to gymnastics and Friday's with my 'father' to athletic training. With the amount of meat they eat here in Germany, the excercise is very good for me.

We drove to a city called Jülich where my host mothers parents live. We spent a

sunday there. Instead of driving cars, they perfer to use the bycicle, and so we

cycled through parts of Jülich for the day. On numerous occasions my family

and I, on weekends, drove to other towns for sport compitions. Last weekend I

went to Celle for their biyearly German chapionships of athletics.This I really

enjoyed. At one competition of my school I ran 100m, shot puttand I high

Sometimes friends from school take me, by bus, to the bigger cities. I

really enjoy these outtings. Shopping, laughing and so on. Alot of the kids can't

belive that I speak with them or accept their invitations because of past exchange students. Last year they were not very pleased with the exchange students, and so I am watched carefully to see if I would follow the same trend. So far I've heard only good reports.

I now take German classes twice a week in a group. I am thinking more

towards private classes because my classes now are to big. There are Russians,

Arabish, Turkish and so on. I am happy that not only am I learning German but I am 'brushing up' on my Spanish.

Everything that was said to us before we left for our exchange truly has been a

great help for me. Thank you all. I am now trying to 'set up' a pen pal system

with students of my school in Germany and students of my old school in Bahamas. I think that they can learn alot from each other. I also have some other ideas that I am working on. Depening on this year I may want to study

My E-mail address still remains demekasears@hotmail.com. This is how you can



		*Demeka Reports from Germany*


	*My Report for August and September* Things are going just fine for me here in Germany. I can honestly say that I have learned the key to a successful year. Never sit back and just 'let it be', I will determain the end result of my year here in Germany. *Monday 20, Sept., I went to my first Rotary meeting, and I meet the other two* *exchange students from Mexico. They both live in another town, but we are in* *the same club. We, the exchange students, are invited to another meeting on* *Wednesday. This will be an informal one at a Rotarians Farm. Bar-B-Qing and* *so on.On Sept. 15, I was invited, by a Rotarian, to an exibitian in the city* *Padabon of a Roman Kings Castle. It was truly amazing to see some of the* *exibits that were 1000 yrs. or more.You are not allowed to take cameras and so I* *have no pictures to show when I come back, but I do have a handbook.* *My host parents are very involved in sports. My host mother is a gymnastics* *trainer and my host father is an athletic trainer. I have a host sister who is* 13yrs. I keep myself involved in alot of sport activities. Tuesday's and Thursday's I play volleball on a very good team. Wednesday's I go with my host mother to gymnastics and Friday's with my 'father' to athletic training. With the amount of meat they eat here in Germany, the excercise is very good for me. *We drove to a city called Jülich where my host mothers parents live. We spent a* *sunday there. Instead of driving cars, they perfer to use the bycicle, and so we* *cycled through parts of Jülich for the day. On numerous occasions my family* *and I, on weekends, drove to other towns for sport compitions. Last weekend I* *went to Celle for their biyearly German chapionships of athletics.This I really* *enjoyed. At one competition of my school I ran 100m, shot puttand I high* *jumped.* *Sometimes friends from school take me, by bus, to the bigger cities. I* *really enjoy these outtings. Shopping, laughing and so on. Alot of the kids can't* belive that I speak with them or accept their invitations because of past exchange students. Last year they were not very pleased with the exchange students, and so I am watched carefully to see if I would follow the same trend. So far I've heard only good reports. *I now take German classes twice a week in a group. I am thinking more* *towards private classes because my classes now are to big. There are Russians,* *Arabish, Turkish and so on. I am happy that not only am I learning German but I am 'brushing up' on my Spanish.* *Everything that was said to us before we left for our exchange truly has been a* *great help for me. Thank you all. I am now trying to 'set up' a pen pal system* with students of my school in Germany and students of my old school in Bahamas. I think that they can learn alot from each other. I also have some other ideas that I am working on. Depening on this year I may want to study *international relations in college.* *My E-mail address still remains demekasears@hotmail.com. This is how you can* *keep in touch with me.* *Until my next report.* *Tschüß!* *DEMEKA*