Donald Atkinson from Livonia Rotary club offered me and Mari an opportunity to go fishing on the Lake Erie. We spent five hours on the lake and catched lots of sheepheads and two walleyes.Thank you Don for taking us to the lake, that was truly one of the highlights of this trip.

4 pound walleye

9 pound sheephead

Visiting William D. Ford Technical Center.

Cook out at Dave & Lynn Carpentier`s house.

Club meeting with RC Dearborn Heights!

Teemu after recreation in a huge rec-center.

Penny & Lynn Oglesby hosting Jorma and Teemu

Meeting with mayor in town of Livonia

Another Ford Mustang GT/CS

Another presentation at Rotary meeting

Greenfield village

Detroit Red Wings vs. Dallas Stars, round 3, game 5, result 1-2

Hei!

Today I had a change to see Cranbook inside or at least a little part of it. My guide was Mark Coir, director of Cranbook Archives and Cultural Properties. Cranbook is not very well know here. And those who knows, it's mainly because architect Eliel Saarinen. But Cranbook is lot's of more than that. It's one of the Michigan's most beautiful jewelleries. George Booth emploied artisans to create buildings, paintings, furnitures, textiles, sculptures and landscape. And a main idea was to create a perfect environment to learning. Maybe you know Albert Kahn, Eliel Saarinen, Eero Saarinen, Juhani Pallasmaa, Steven Holl, Carl Milles, Warhol, de Kooning... Just image a dining hall with original Saarinen's chairs and original paintings and hundreds of teenages. But those are still there, after 70 years. If you are surrounded by the best arts and craft, even teenages revere it.


Last Sunday we visited in Greenfield village. I loved the place. But I really loved Cranbook. I hope those people whose knows Henry Ford, will be known George Booth and Cranbook also. It would be pleasure to have a change study there. But you don't need to be a student for enjoy beautiness of Cranbook.

Tanaan minulla oli vihdoin mahdollisuus nahda Cranbookia tarkemmin, ensimmaisella viikolla pistaydyin vain paaportilla. Mutta minulla ei ollut mitaan aavistusta, millainen kasityon, arkkitehtuurin ja taiteen yhdistelma campus todellisuudessa on. George Booth kaytti koko omaisuutensa luodakseen taydellisen opiskeluympariston lapsille ja nuorille. Cranbook on seka yksityiskoulu, mutta myos mittaamattoman arvokas kokoelma arts and craft - kauden kasityotaidetta ja arkkitehtuuria. Cranbook on paikka, jonne haluan palata. Pieni pala sydantani jai sinne.

Katja

Hi again!

We have now changed the host families, the last time during our visit in here. Team seems to be a little tired for all the information flow and seems to wait for home, the first contact for the work has been taken. Anyway, we have an excellent team, who is doing together in amarvellous way. Our competence is receiving the goals of the GSE-programme; we are making our presentations in a rutinated way ;-)

Many thanks to the committed host families and the team!

Moro Again!

This is the end of the week before the last week over here. We are beginning to miss the other team members already! There`s only four days to go. I have stayed with this lovely family (Scott, Kari and Sam Hughes), so thank`s for them.Teemu`s hosts, Ted and June Van Os, also set us a great team evening for yesterday, so thanks guys.

I had the best vocational day ever on friday! The day began with an exitingevent: I got to be at the operating room with Scott Hughes observing his work. I hadn`t been at the operational work since graduating my nursing diploma, so it was fun. I just tried to stay out of their way, but I had some great lessons on anathomy also.

After that I had Bill LaVoy driving me for the rest of the day and I went to see the totally new (2 years in business) Brownstown Henry Ford out patient clinic. After that I went to Annapolis Hospital where I stayed with the socialworkers. First I met Diana Shirkey who works for the ER. I also got to see someof his actual work when she does the interviews and organizis things.

After that I went to the social department of the hospital and found a totally new profession for Finnish hospitals, case workers. We really need these people, who would be helping patients to get through the hospital system and organizing homecare and many other things. I`m going to start a movement for that as soon as I get home!

One of the weeks most exiting events was the incredible luck of having seats for NHL western conference finals on the second row (things like this would only happen if you are related to some of the players! Actually the lucksname is Bill LaVoy). Detroit Red Wings were playing against Dallas Dragons. Bill, you are in our evening prayers!

So, once again, we`ve had a busy and a wonderful week here. Thank`s for all thepeople who has made some much work for us. We love you all.

Mari the Nurse

Nyt alkaa sitten viimeisen viikon alku taalla. Alamme jo ikavoida ryhman jasenia, niisk. Taas kerran, takana on kiireinen ja mahtava viikko. Olen asustellut Scott ja Kari Hughesin (ja poikansa Samin) luona Monroessa. Teemun mahtava isantaperhe, June ja Ted VanOs jarjestivat meille eilen mahtavan tiimi-illan kotonaan. Kiitokset siita!

Perjantain ammatillinen paivani alkoi loistokkaasti: paasin seuraamaan Scottin suorittamaa leikkausta, ortopedisti kun on ammatiltaan. Olen ollut viimeksi leikkaussalissa sairaanhoitajakoulussa 1994, joten yritin oikeastaan vain pysya poissa jaloista, mutta mielenkiintoista oli ja sain uusia ulottuvuuksia jalan anatomiaan.

Leikkauksen jalkeen Bill LaVoy ajelutti minua Henry Fordin paivakirurgiseen sairaalaan (ollut kaksi vuotta toiminnassa), seka Annapoliksen sairaalaan, jossa olin sosiaalityontekija Diana Shirkeyn matkassa. Diana tyoskentelee ensiavun sosiaalityontekijana ja paasin seuraamaan hanen potilastyoskentelyaan. Kavimme myos sairaalan yhteydessa olevalla julkisella akuutin psykiatrian klinikalla.

Olin myos sairaalan sosiaalityontekijoiden mukana hallinnon osastolla, josta loysin suomalaisiin sairaaloihin kokonaan uuden ammattikunnan: hoitoketjuohjaajat. Ihmisia, jotka tuntevat jarjestelman ja pystyvat ohjaamaan potilaita hoitoketjun lapi. Suomalaisessa terveydenhuoltojarjestelmassa todella tarvittaisiin ja aionkin aloittaa kansanliikkeen taman asian tiimoilta heti kotiin paastyani!

Kuitenkin vaikuttavimpia kokemuksia talla matkalla on ollut eiliset toisenrivin paikata NHL matsiin Detroit Red Wings vs. Dallas Dragons. Voitteko kuvitella, etta nama liput, joita on lahes mahdoton saada, vaan tipahtivat meille taivaasta. Enkelit istuvat olallamme. Enkelin nimi on kyllakin BillLaVoy.

Joten, jalleen kerran, takana on kiireinen, mutta mahtava viikko. Olemme todella kiitollisia kaikille mahtaville ihmisille, jotka ovat nahneet hurjastivaivaa eteemme!

Mari-hoitsu

Hei taas,

We have now stayed with new host families for a couple of days, and again, we have been accepted with the greatest hospitality. The host families have done great job for the successfull programme. Thank You for Your commitment!

We have received several succes during this third week here, of which the most important might be the language, we have got the feeling to understand / speak English almost freely and our presentations are going to be close to routine. Besides, vocational visits have fullfilled our waitings perfectly.

We attended to a Rotary meeting, which was organised just for us and for the host families by Taylor Rotarians. The meeting was attended also DG Jennifer Jones.

We had an excellent dinner during which the meeting place was full of intensive discussion between our team members and the attending, about 50 rotarians. The main part of the programme was our team presentation receiving lots of positive comments. After the presentation there were a lively discussion about our country and we received more questions to be answered there was time to do. Interesting discussion which left positive memories.

Nice meeting!