Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays to Friends and Family,

We started this blog to communicate with you all and also to communicate with Brianna while she is in Cameroon. So first of all, here is Brianna's current information:

Brianna Haenke
Peace Corp Volunteer
BT 166
Mora, Extreme North
Cameroon

She will be working out of the Hôpital de District de Kolofata which is a public, government district hospital located in the Far North Province of Cameroon. The 17-year-old 80-bed hospital is the referral hospital for six rural health centers serving a population of 112,000 subsistence farmers and herders. It is directed by an American physician supported by Volunteer International Christian Service, an ecumenical NGO based in Canada. For more information:

http://www.operationgivingback.facs.org/content855.html
Check back here for more information as we learn more.

McKenzie ended her diving season - she did well and most importantly enjoyed it. Her junior year is full of homework however and so she is taking the gymnastics season off so that she can have time for homework and enjoying time with her friends and of course, enjoying the holidays.

Brodie has been practicing his drums a lot and is getting quite a bit better. He practices with friends now and maybe a band is in his near future. Brodie is also doing well in school.

Laurie's work is "fine" and I've been enjoying the variety of my work - plus working at home is great. Laurie still enjoys her backyard birds and I'm still bicycling - went on a 30 mile ride on November 29 in Minnesota!

We have a little weekend trip to Lutsen next weekend, but other than that plan to pretty much stick around for the holidays - maybe taking in a play and doing a little more skiing.

Laurie and I hope to go to Europe next summer to meet up with Brianna.

Happy Holidays!

Rod, Laurie, Brianna, McKenzie, and Brodie