I can’t believe how fast 12 days have gone by. Scott left this afternoon and it feels like we he just got here. It’s funny how we wait and wait for moments in life and then they are done and over with. My sister and Teliesha have been here for four days already. It’s been so nice having family around. Even though we are around people all the time it can get lonely when you don’t get to see the familiar faces of your friends and family. It means a lot to us to have them come and share time with us.I bet you’re all wondering what we have been up to with our visitors?? Hmmm?? The first two days of Scott’s visit were some relaxing and checking out the beach. We showed Scott around a little and brought him to our favourite beach spot. He and Chris did a little snorkeling and they got some great pictures with our waterproof camera..... Unfortunately, water somehow got into the camera and ruined the memory card. So we lost all the pictures from that day as well as some videos of Abriel. I was sad for a couple days.... so much for waterproof!
At the school in Cangrejo we painted the fence around the shed and got Scott to help us teach some of our Spanish class. He is an excellent painter and was very good at "las vocales"! He was in charge of testing the kids to see if they had learned all the vowels properly. He took his position very seriously and even learned all the Spanish sayings he needed: "Como estas?" (How are you?); "Como te llamas?" (What is your name?); and "Como se dice?" (What is it?).
At the school in Cangrejo we painted the fence around the shed and got Scott to help us teach some of our Spanish class. He is an excellent painter and was very good at "las vocales"! He was in charge of testing the kids to see if they had learned all the vowels properly. He took his position very seriously and even learned all the Spanish sayings he needed: "Como estas?" (How are you?); "Como te llamas?" (What is your name?); and "Como se dice?" (What is it?).
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On Friday we went out as a group to Cevere, the spot where the new school will be. We painted and Francois built some walls. It looks so much better. A lot of the community was out to watch and some adults and kids even pitched in and helped. It was nice to see them excited and interested in the new school. We will be going out again tomorrow (Friday) to complete most of it. Saturday was a blast! We hung out with Scott’s sponsor kid, Andrew, and Francois and Olivia’s sponsor kid, Sophia. We were suppose to bring our sponsor girl, Maria, but she had to spend a couple days in the hospital (we will be planning something special for her on another day). We went go carting. All day go carting, bumper cars and a park for $10 a person! A highlight was when we took them to Burger King for lunch and Andrew drank a very large grape pop. I told him he would be peeing purple. A little while after he returned from the bathroom and announced “my pee was yellow!”. Haha, so cute.
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Scott's stomach and shoulder were not feeling great on Sunday afternoon.... and by Sunday night he was in enough pain to take him to the hospital. He ended up having to spend two nights there and get lots of tests (some of which were obviously necessary and others that seemed way out in left field; but I'm not a doctor). They think it could have been a mild pancreatic inflammation (of the shoulder?!?). Whatever it was he recovered and got to experience a different side of the Dominican than most tourists get to see. Tuesday afternoon we took Scott, Teleisha and Shene to the beach and did some more snorkeling. For dinner we went to one of our favourite restaurants overlooking the ocean. Lots of fun.
Yesterday was amazing. We went zip lining and hung out with some monkey’s. I was so nervous and scared about zip lining but after making the first leap I wasn’t scared. It was awesome to be flying in the sky. We also had to do a free fall jump..... it took us girls about 15 minutes each to get the courage to do it... but we did it and then we did it again!! SO MUCH FUN!! The monkeys were kind of a disappointment because they had just ate and were not interested in coming to get the food from us. A few of the monkeys came and got a few pieces of food and climbed on us a bit. They were super cute.
Yesterday was amazing. We went zip lining and hung out with some monkey’s. I was so nervous and scared about zip lining but after making the first leap I wasn’t scared. It was awesome to be flying in the sky. We also had to do a free fall jump..... it took us girls about 15 minutes each to get the courage to do it... but we did it and then we did it again!! SO MUCH FUN!! The monkeys were kind of a disappointment because they had just ate and were not interested in coming to get the food from us. A few of the monkeys came and got a few pieces of food and climbed on us a bit. They were super cute. 
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Last night we stayed home and played some games and got ready for Scott’s last day here. I asked Scott if he wanted to add anything to our blog about his experience here and he said,
“sponsor a kid; it goes to a good cause... I am serious.”
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| Scott with his sponsor kid, Andrew, and his mom. |
For more information or to sponsor a child that we work with, click the link below:
Servants Heart Ministries
And thanks again for following us on this journey and supporting us with prayer or finances or just good wishes. We love you all!
Chris, Keeleah and Abriel
1 comment:
nothing like the zipline at braeside eh? haha
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