Sunday in the DR......

We made it safe and sound to the team house in Jarabacoa on Saturday evening.  Sorry for the delay in information but the team house does not have internet so we can only post when we are at one of the missionaries houses or one of the schools. So each day’s post won’t get posted until we get to the site the next day.

Sunday was a day for worship, orientation, relaxation and of course eating.  We were all blessed to be able to attend church with the kids from the Ark orphanage. It was so much fun pulling up to the church (which was outside under a pavilion in the 75 degree weather) and being recognized by our kiddos. Chris R, Rachel, Chris B, Chris W, and Karen all had happy reunions with their sponsored kids and got to sit with them and sing worship songs in Spanish.  The enthusiasm that the Dominican people showed in their worship and participation in church was something our whole team took note of.

(The pavilion where church service was held.)

(Chris W and Chris B with sponsored children Indiana and Teresa.)

(Rachel and Chris with sponsored children Maria and Janna.)

After church we went back to the team house for lunch and then headed out for a waterfall hike. Neil  Boston decided to climb out on to the edge of the very high waterfall cliff and Bianca and Lara (who are high school students of Mrs. Boston) said they now understood why Mrs. Boston told them to keep an eye on Neil for her!

(Rose says hi!)

After the waterfall hike we spent some time unwinding at the team house and then headed out to dinner at a Columbian restaurant. We enjoyed several different kinds of empanadas along with some other cultural food that I don’t know the name of. We all agreed that it was delicious!

(Dinner at Delicias Columbianas.)

And of course, being true CCWers we weren’t done eating after dinner. We walked through the busy streets of Jarabacoa (Carnaval was going on so it was loud and the streets were flooded with people) and found an ice cream stand!

(Chris R and Chris B standing in line at “Bon” for icecream. )

We are wrapping up our evening by sorting the gifts for the kiddos. We are going to be taking part of the gifts to give out at Palo Blanco on Monday as well as doing some crafts with the kids and some construction projects.  Neil will also be beginning to paint some murals at the school. We are all heading to bed and ready for a very full day!