Updates

If you have been reading our blog updates, you will notice that I have changed the theme of the blog.  For those of you that know me well, I like to rearrange things and mix things up a bit.  My classroom usually has random changes on a weekly basis just because I like to see things differently.  So, enjoy the new look for now:)

If you read our "85 cents a day...." post, you were informed about the Solid Rock Student Sponsorship.  Jeff and I are now sponsoring a new student name Flomir.  She is four years old and will be starting kindergarten in the fall.  We are excited to meet her.  The group we had this past week had 4 new families sign up to sponsor students.  It was so exciting to see their enthusiasm to choose a child.  We then had a fiesta at one of our local school.  There was Merengue dancing, rice krispie treats, musical chairs, and lots of fun!  Everyone really seemed to enjoy themselves and many said it was the highlight of their week.


If you read the "Dominican Fruits" post, there is a possibility that my favorite ice cream shop, Bon, is closing....we will see if we understood them correctly.  Jeff and I stopped in this past week to get some chinola ice cream and they only had Rum Raisin and Strawberry.  We asked the employee where all of the ice cream was and she replied with "terminando"...which means ending or closing.  I really hope this isn't the case.

To wrap up for now, Jeff and I are really enjoying our time in the DR.  I don't exaggerate when I say that we have been more productive here this summer in the past 3 weeks than would have been in the US for the whole summer.  We are constantly on the go, helping Dan and Kari, and interacting with the groups.  The days seem long, but the weeks fly by...doesn't make much sense.