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| All of the volunteers at supper in Santo Domingo! |
Wow, I don’t even know where to begin. Life has been busy
busy busy as of late (like always I suppose)…but this time it’s more or less
the normal, regular stuff that is making it feel like 24-hour days aren’t long
enough. To recap the last two weeks (opps…I missed a week of blogging…I blame
it on our VERY unreliable Internet…)
1. I learned to drive a moto! Rather, I STARTED learning.
Here in the DR, there’s no problem finding a Dominican boy that’s willing to
teach you. What WAS a problem was getting up the guts to actually do it, esp.
when I was told to fly solo after about ten minutes of learning.
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| Just driving through the sugar cane fields...no big deal... |
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| I'm flying solo (and still upright...) |
2. September birthday party. On Sunday, we
had the birthday party for the kids with birthdays in September in Casa San
Pascual. There was a lot of showcasing of dembow skills and of course,
bizcocho!
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| Katherin (our newest kid) turned 8 and Carlitos turned 16! |
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| Junior turned 14! |
3. Volunteers eat dinner in Santo Domingo. One of the board members donated a supper to all
of the volunteers at their 5-star restaurant in the capital (Pat-e-Palo). It
was a pretty out-of-the-ordinary night for us. The food was DELISH!
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| We had a fun guagua ride over! |
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| All sitting down at the biggest table I've seen in my life... |
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| Crazy eye face....notice how I CAN'T do it... |
4. Keeping busy with visitor groups! Recently, we’ve had a couple visitor groups that I’ve
helped out with including a couple padrinos (sponsors). One group left behind a donation
of some European cheese which we distributed to all the younger kids!
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| Arleeny and her Italian godparent... |
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| Johan and his cheese :) |
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| Junior, Sandy, and Junior with their cheese (before Sandy realizes he doesn't like cheese, hehe... |
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| Casa Santo Domingo and their queso! |
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| The twins, Jose and Josecito...they look just a LITTLE bit alike, right? |
5. Projects in Santa Ana. This week we redid our chore chart in the house
which was a big job and we redid the photos on our Little Mermaid mural, since
the old photos were getting a little outdated. My favorite part was that all
the girls participated in some way or another. It was like unplanned team
bonding.
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| New chore chart! |
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| Updated mural! |
6. Tia deportes. Madelon, Avriel, and I have been leading Zumba/aerobics classes with
the tias twice a week for a month now. It’s a great way to bond with the tias
and work up a sweat (not that that’s hard at all!)
7. My family is visiting again in January!!! Suzanne, Michelle, and Becca will be here for a full two
weeks and my parents and best friend Abby will be here for a week! CAN’T WAIT!
8. Parasites gone! And finally, FINALLY after a good 5-month battle,
I think I am parasite-free. No more worms and amoebas inside me, gracias a
Dios!
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