The Dominican Republic has been amazing. I was placed in the baseball site where 6 of my Joshua brothers and I get our butts handed to us by a bunch of 10-15 year olds. And honestly it’s a blast. We help them to practice whether that’s in the cages or on the field. At the end of the day one of us has the opportunity to lead a devotional while our site leader translates for
Hey howdy, Guess who’s back. So far the Dominican Republic is too humid, but I did come to this crazy realization while eating dinner yesterday. I was eating dinner in the community and it dawned on me that I am with strangers that I met this morning, with friends that I made a couple months ago, eating food that I have never had, in the middle of the Caribbean. What am I doing with my
These are some of my journal entries from my last few days in Jarabacoa/ Los Higos Day 1 in the D.R. We made it to the SI base! All day yesterday / today I WAS trying new things! For starters I got to fly for the very first time; and internationally! Oh! and I got to go to Miami (the airport anyways…still really cool though). I also got to try the best empanadas I think
Cómo tu ta. How are you. Today is Wednesday the 22nd I’m working in Physical training and today we had a pretty chill day. We got to help some patients with their physical training. Then we walked to the river and got have conversations with my friends and my site organizer. Then we came back and had lunch and got to have conversations with some of the locals. We also got to learn about things
This past couple of days have been quite interesting. Living on no sleep, fueled by Red Bull and Jesus. But I’ve already seen God working throughout my time here in the Dominican Republic. Last night, we arrived at the base, and it was a really chill night just getting to know the area. Today, we woke up, had orientation, had lunch with our site leaders, then went to our site. I have Brooke, Aspen, and
Hey guys it’s Sydney! This is my blog! I was so excited for this week because we had our first group of preview students come to the building. They stayed with us Tuesday through Thursday and took part in all the classes, meals and activities we do in a normal week. But before I talk too much about that, i’ll give you my week at a glance. Mondays are becoming more and more like a