WooooooOOO.....PICTURES!!!

Swear-In day! This is a (admittedly poor) photo of our Environ. Health training group shortly after swearing-in at the Panama Canal Museum.













Shortly after swearing-in, our whole group (appx. 34 volunteers) went to the beach for a few days and, as it coincided with Halloween, rather spontaneously organized a costume party at which the theme needed to evoke "Panama" in some meaningful way.












As tumbling garbage is an excessively common site in many (most?) Panamanian towns, streets, yards, sidewalks, etc, our dynamic duo took advantage of its low cost and easy acquisition to use it for our guise. Yes, we were garbage for Halloween.











Creativity abounded, with our friend Casey (from Kansas) donning the familiar garb of a government policy representative. Not long ago, Panama held a popular referendum to widen the canal, before which the federal government went throughout the country to promote their (obvious) opinion in its favor. (side note: the widening was, thankfully and overwhelmingly, approved by appx. 80% of voters. VOTA SI!)