Last week was a great week trying to get accustomed to
ministry sites. I am working in a preschool in “El Callejon” with some really
great ladies. From nine to one the kids are there for class, and we are still
trying to figure out what our days will look like after the kids leave for the
day. One day we helped clean and organize the school, another we talked with
one of the teachers for the afternoon just getting to know her, and some
afternoons we don’t really do much of anything. This has been interesting for
the Americans at the site because our work ethic is “to do” all the time, when
that is not how Dominicans normally operate.
Luckily, we were warned about this before we started and were kind of
expecting it.
Friday, a group from New York arrived and will be staying
for two weeks. They are students our
age, who are participating in a semester long, leadership program. For the next
two weeks, we will be having students from that team with us at our ministry
sites, and we will be working as “go-between” people for the students and
missionaries at the sites. We had a
great time last night getting to know them at a “Culture Party,” where we
learned to dance the Merengue, played a fun game called “Don Ramon,” and tried
Dominican “delicacies.” It’s going to be great working with them, and continue
to get to know them!
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