ta volando :)

Renee is flying right now...she gets in tonight at 9 and I can't wait to see her!

Please pray for safety and that her bags arrive, also for our 8 days together. I'm so excited to be with her...at the beach for 4 days, and here in Jarabacoa. It will be sooo good!

Have a great weekend, everyone...I'll post lots of pictures cuando se vaya.

y contando

Countdown 'til Renee comes: 5 more days!!!

Hemos hecho mucho

The past couple weeks I've gotten a few new roommates...the first is a girl named Allison who's been in the country for a few years and has just moved to Jarabacoa for her last few months before she heads back to the States. It's been fun getting to know her, she's great! The second is a gorgeous baby named Moises, he's about a month old and is staying at our house until we find a family to adopt him. It's been an interesting mix! Here's a pic of Allison, Grace, Maria Jose and Moises :).



Last week we had a work team of men come from Minnesota. They built some new picnic tables and worked on expanding our comedor where the kids eat lunch. It was fun having them around, especially seeing their excitement and appreciation for what we're doing here with our kids. My favorite part of the week was taking 2 men to one of my students' houses for dinner. Howard sponsors Crismeiry (pays for her tuition), so it was way fun for me to be the translator for this special time that they had together. Here's a pic of Howard, Ben, Christian, Abuelo, Mercedes, Cristofer, and Crismeiry.

After a busy week, we headed to Cabarete for a night this weekend...Amanda, Shelly, Natan, Greibys and I spent lots of time relaxing, swimming, listening to music, and eating good food. Here's a pic of what we look like on a typical day at the beach...just lounging :). It was a little cloudy on Sunday, but I can't complain, right?

So while it's always hard to leave the beach and come back to work on Monday, I'm reminded by my kids' smiles and laughter and broken English and hugs and kisses and innocence that God has me here for them. Please pray for that reminder every day, especially since they're so good at driving me crazy lately...I think I'm already getting gray hairs :). Here's a pic of Jeddison, Idarlenne, Jorge and Isabela, who were all very excited about this project if you can't tell :)!!!

Countdown 'til Renee comes: 10 days...holy moly :)!!!

y contando

Countdown until Renee comes: 14 days :)!!!

Sanky Panky

Last night I went to a Dominican movie in Santiago with some friends...and I haven't laughed so much in weeks! I hope they get it English-subtitled when it comes out on video so ya'll can see it...it reflects so much about life here in the Dominican and also the naivety of so many gringos who travel here. Laughing with my friends like that was medicine for my soul :).

Toi contando

Countdown 'til Renee comes: 21 days!!!