Los tres amigos! (amigas!)
Two dear friends ( Laura Mosley and Tabitha Patel) were able to come visit me in la Republica Dominicana! They arrived late Friday night and
stayed until Tuesday afternoon. We had a
blast!
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| even fit in a workout |
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| Laura running with the bulls... |
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| Tab enjoying sugar cane... |
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| learning to ride on a moto |
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Tab and Laura's favorite...
Rice and Beans! |
We were able to catch up on life, ask accountability
questions, work out together, enjoy rice and beans together...and do plenty of
giggling! They were able to see my new
home and what a little bit of my life is like here. They were impressed with my driving too! They
only looked scared a few times. We
ventured out some and they were able to experience some cultural differences
like going to get gas at night and the workers were having a meeting so they
shut the lights off and ignored us.
Laura was a good sport when she wanted to ask for another napkin at a
local restaurant and she asked me what to say in Spanish. I told her " te amo " ( I love
you). I know... MEAN! but we all are
still laughing! She did pick up on some
Spanish rather quickly. Proud of her efforts! We also on a spur of a moment decided to
venture down a 9 km road...good thing we didnt know what kilometers were
because it took us like 30 minutes on a dirt, rocky, wet road to get to Monkey Jungle.
Yes, 20 squirrel monkeys jumped on us and ate from a plate of fruit and
nuts in our plates we held. Tab and I
were peed on, but i am sure that has happened in motherhood to us at some
point?
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| Tab getting peed on! |
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| At Monkey Jungle |
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| Cabarete Beach |
It was so relaxing for me- it was like a piece of home
was wrapped up and brought to me! I was so blessed to have them here. They were also kind to share our wish list
with our past Sunday school classes and again we have been blessed by so many whom rounded up items for us that the girls brought to
us. We are in awe at how the Body of
Christ reached out and through them, the Lord provided every need and want
again! We are humbled and grateful to
all of you who helped out in that!
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| A sixth monkey for me to love |
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| Teaching Tab to make fried plantains |
Mi amigas are gone, and I am a bit sad. BUT, I am so thankful they were able to come
and encourage me and speak into my life.
I hadn't laughed that much in a long time!!! It was good for my soul!
We have a busy February and March so please pray for us
as we prepare for that. We have a staff retreat and 3 groups coming up very soon! And a praise, we have a college student, Kelsey Vaughn, who will come nanny for us during May, June, and July! This will allow me to assist the teams in the busy summer months. We are open to a nanny year round if anyone knows of someone who would love to help out around here with our kiddos and experience a third world culture at the same time!
And again, thank you all who have sent items down with
the girls. Thank you all who have been
holding us in prayer and in support. It
truly blesses us daily.
Two dear friends ( Laura Mosley and Tabitha Patel) were able to come visit me in la Republica Dominicana! They arrived late Friday night and
stayed until Tuesday afternoon. We had a
blast!
We were able to catch up on life, ask accountability
questions, work out together, enjoy rice and beans together...and do plenty of
giggling! They were able to see my new
home and what a little bit of my life is like here. They were impressed with my driving too! They
only looked scared a few times. We
ventured out some and they were able to experience some cultural differences
like going to get gas at night and the workers were having a meeting so they
shut the lights off and ignored us.
Laura was a good sport when she wanted to ask for another napkin at a
local restaurant and she asked me what to say in Spanish. I told her " te amo " ( I love
you). I know... MEAN! but we all are
still laughing! She did pick up on some
Spanish rather quickly. Proud of her efforts! We also on a spur of a moment decided to
venture down a 9 km road...good thing we didnt know what kilometers were
because it took us like 30 minutes on a dirt, rocky, wet road to get to Monkey Jungle.
Yes, 20 squirrel monkeys jumped on us and ate from a plate of fruit and
nuts in our plates we held. Tab and I
were peed on, but i am sure that has happened in motherhood to us at some
point?
We have a busy February and March so please pray for us
as we prepare for that. We have a staff retreat and 3 groups coming up very soon! And a praise, we have a college student, Kelsey Vaughn, who will come nanny for us during May, June, and July! This will allow me to assist the teams in the busy summer months. We are open to a nanny year round if anyone knows of someone who would love to help out around here with our kiddos and experience a third world culture at the same time!
Aah, what great memories! My cheeks are still hurting from laughing, not to mention my arms and legs and back and...from Insanity. :-) I love you guys and your sweet children. No puedo esparar para verlos a todos otra vez!
ReplyDeleteThis account of your fun time does my heart good!!! So happy to hear you are having some fun and refreshing-ness, haha! Love you!
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