Marching Reordered

My call here is to connect to the youth. I am brainstorming how to grow friendships withthe local high school students, one of the local schools is literally outside my front door, just in the nextstreet. So I can have a great base for the youth to come over and hang out and such. Someonesuggested an English study group would be a great starter. I could help them with comprehensionand reading, grammar not so much, but we'd try and it would be free, so no need to worry aboutbeing qualified as a teacher. Suzy was quick to mention that I'd have to set some times and makesure to put a cap on the number or else I may have the whole school at my house. I want to reach manybut my house only fits so many, and time allows only so much well time. Since we have our trip to Cotonou, I am going to go on all engine firing the next week. Pathfinders is also going well. I amtrying to adapt North American games and activities to here. Youth do not grow up real analyticalhere, they are experience practically in life skills, cooking, responsiblity, money management, etc. But thinking deeply is not developed (out of the two the practical aspects are bit moreimportant first, a lack in the modern west indeed). So we are working to do interesting and yetsimple things and learn together. The only discouragement is uniforms. We have an adequate supplyof the cast offs from North America's switch to black from green, but getting it organized is anotherchallenge. And we have Pathfinder Sabbath in three weeks. So marching and uniforms will be a priority, but hopefully they will go well. Oh the marching! I can march, but I don't know the commands in French.So I have had to swallow pride as the Pathfinder leading and let the students teach me. The hardpart is that some moves I see as easier my way, but I just go along with it. The about face is okay, but smoother Canadian style (isn't that the case, my ways is always better, not the best attitude!), but it makes little difference. So I am glad to relearn.