Sunday

One thing I failed to mention about our first day on the work site was that there was a bit of rain. Enough rain to make people who have lived in the Dominican Republic for decades comment that it never rains this much since it is the dry season. That trend continued Saturday night and by Sunday morning, the once a month joint church service  we were going to attend was postponed because some roads were impassable because of the amount of mud. Our team opted to have church together on the hotel balcony after breakfast. 

After church, some of us took a walk where found a park that used to be a military fort, complete with rusty cannons. We watched some locals fish from the rocks below and a few of the young group members climbed down to chat and check out the fish.

We also had our fancier restaurant meal so we went to a lovely open air restaurant. We got to choose our fish before they were cooked, and it was very tasty.

After we were stuffed to the gills from our seafood dinner, we said goodbye to Sandra and Guido who went back to Santo Domingo, had some afternoon rest time, followed by more exploration of the small town of Boca De Yuma, and success after looking for ice cream shops.

To wrap up the day, Duane told us about the  history of Haiti, which is fascinating, complicated, heartbreaking, and also very relevant because the churches we partner with have Haitian congregations. 

Please forgive the lack of posts, wifi has been sporadic at best out here since our hotel’s wifi no longer works. We are trying to write offline now, so we can copy and post them when we do encounter wifi