Hi! Greetings to my soon to be new friends in South Africa!

It is now March 27th and there are just two weeks until our departure. As the days tick off the calendar and our departure date looms closer and closer, our excitement builds! We are all eager to meet you and experience some time with you in your country.  We have been working hard to prepare for our trip to District 9250 and we are ready to introduce ourselves to you.

We will be flying Air Emirates from John F Kennedy International airport in New York City with a brief stop-over in  Dubai and then on to Johannesburg International, arriving there about 4:30 pm on Sunday April 11th.

We come with open minds and open hearts, eager to make new friends and experience your South African culture and countryside, and hopefully, to help spread understanding among the peoples of our two countries and thereby furthering the causes of world brotherhood and world peace.

Best regards,     jwb

    Meet John

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         Hello! 
     My name is John Bradshaw.

        I will be the Team Leader for this year's District 7980 Outbound GSE Team to South Africa, District 9250. I am a Rotarian from District 7980 and a member of the Mystic, CT USA club. I am also an area leader for the Inbound GSE Teams coming to my district and I coordinate the activities for the GSE Team with the six clubs in my area, get host families and get vocational contacts.
     
        My wife, Marti, and I raised two sons, Peter (age 37) and William (age 36) who are married to Jen and Ellen and we are now the proud grandparents of three grandchildren: Bruce (age 4), Kyle (age 3) and Leah (8 months). 
     
        I am a Chemical Engineer by training and worked as a production manager for Pfizer for 33 years before retiring at the end of the year 2000. My schooling was at Ohio State University where I earned B. Ch.E. and M.Sc. degrees. I also spent a year at the Phillips Universitait in Marburg, Germany.
      
       My interests have always been nature and the out-of-doors. I like sports, travel, cooking, reading, scouting, gardening and now golf.
     
       I live in rural North Stonington, CT. USA

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