These three words aren’t something that I expected during my time teaching in the DR, but once again, God goes above and beyond what I imagined, which only makes me excited for what He has in store next!
Two weeks ago, four guys from Mt. Vernon Church in Mississippi (the same church that built the walls and foundation for the school) came to update the school a bit! They were a huge blessing to us and the kids at the school.
We dug ditches to run pipe for water to flow to a faucet and the bathroom!
A lot of our kids came out to help in any way possible…you wouldn’t find many kids in the US willing to work as hard as these kids did! We dug a foundation and laid footers for an 800 gallon water tank.
Some of our finished products! WATER AND ELECTRIC!!!
Two light bulbs and water never looked so good! Right now, the electric only works when connected to a generator. We’re eventually hoping to put in solar panels since there isn’t a reliable power source near the school.
A real bookshelf…it’s the little things :) My girls about bowled me over trying to get into position to take this picture!
Security system……………running water…………………..steps!!!!!!
I finally got my bike replaced! It feels good to be “independent” again! Still amazes me how God provides! Jen and I think we need to put video cameras on my bike to record the crazy things we see every time we drive around…keeps things interesting for sure! The cups above are filled with sweet beans, an Easter treat that everyone prepares. There are beans, raisins, a potato-like vegetable, coconut, cinnamon, crackers, etc. Sounds like an odd combination, but it was really good!
This past week, we resumed normal classes. It was nice to get back into the routine of things. Two of my girls can actually say the entire alphabet in English without even looking at anything! I was shocked when they did it the first time because I hadn’t even been stressing the memorization in order…I just wanted them to be able to recognize the letters! I was SO proud of them!
I was driving to school Wednesday morning and it started pouring down rain…in less than a minute, I was completely soaked through. Needless to say, I headed home and we had our second rain day. The Dominicans looked at me like I was crazy for driving through the rain, but I figured I could only get so wet and just wanted to get home!
Yesterday we rode through part of a Danilo rally (a candidate for the presidential election). The people ride through the streets on their motorcycles, scooters, and other vehicles with all of their Danilo hats, shirts, flags, etc. and yell and honk. It was a sight to see for sure! We were able to get three flags, a hat, and a poster! Definitely an experience!
Our inverter has been giving us problems lately, and when we came home last night we had no power at all, even when everyone else around us had power…so of course we tapped into our neighbor’s power (with their permission) so that we could have fans at night! Thankfully it’s now “fixed” and hopefully it stays that way!
Our crazy cords running all the essentials…like the coffee maker!
Well that’s all I can think of for now…stay tuned for the next crazy adventures!
