Here in the Joshua program, our form of communication is rather odd. Rather than talking with each other like any typical society we prefer the occasional holler or yell or even scream. So having the opportunity to do something as a community like white-water rafting was the perfect outlet for our class’ needs. Breakfast began at 8am and by 9 we were in the busses and off to the river. Five Dominican minutes later (20
Hello everyone, Abbie here. These past two days I have been quarantined with strep throat. It has been difficult and quite frustrating to be here at the base by myself knowing so much is happening at the other sites but it is through this isolation that God has given me a new lens in which to view the things that have been happening during our time here in the Dominican. Even though I haven’t had
Wow was today was one loco day in the Dominican Republic and by loco, I mean el pollo loco!! Not only did Kaylee Fowler see a chicken cross the road today, but we also had chicken feet for dinner! It was one cluck-cluck day to say the least. This paragraph is brought to you by Kelly Damm. I would like to tell you about all of the teeth I cleaned today. Yeah, you read that
Dominican Republic Day 3 YAH!!!! This morning started bright and early with a morning wake-up call by a rooster named Rick. As we stepped out of our rooms we stumbled upon a new sight; our first morning without rain in the skies or on the ground! As 6:30 approached we began to see the herd of students make their way towards the chapel where we gather every morning for our daily devotional meeting. Today we
Today is day three in the D.R., but day two in our sites plus it’s a beautiful and rainy day, a nice cool breeze and sunny skies. We woke up at the crack of dawn to a rooster crowing, cows mooing and the pitter-patter of a light drizzle on our tin roofs. All of us had devotion in the book of Daniel and worship in Spanish and English and some really great brown sugar and
If you have any problems with falling asleep, maybe you should take a trip to the Dominican Republic. This will involve about 16 hours traveling to the airports (LAX to JFK) and the actual flying, plus any layovers. For the last couple days we traveled for an estimated travel time of 20 hours. Needless to say, we were all super tired. A few people caught some sleep on the first flight, most all passed out