June
Our dear Sarah's going away party
Eating on the beach with our new interns
First day of teaching! Yay!
Seriously. I cannot speak enough words to express my love of pink/golden/bright sunsets.
Jesus.. keep on, keeping on with these beautiful sunsets
The beautiful Mari Leydy posing with her class "passport." The students drew a picture of every country they learned about that summer.
Mari Leydy once again. That day she brought my co-teacher Bella and I 2 huge bags of mangos for us to enjoy. The mangoes came from her tree in her yard, and she had her dad get them for us as a gift. She's the sweetest.
Dominican tradition! Getting water thrown on you on your birthday. Happy Birthday Bella, Genesis and Odilsia! (The best part about this is that Odilsia didn't realize Johan had tricked her into coming outside so that he could get her wet)
Weekend trip to Santo Domingo with our lovely interns.
July
The day most of the staff wore red t-shirts.
Happy 32nd Birthday, Dena! Celebrating at Gorditos
The ladies at Dena's rooftop birthday party
We had a SUPER rough week the 1st week of July. This photo was taken after all the students had a full day of good behavior. Thank you Jesus!
August
That week our class was learning about Italy. We taught them how the famous Italian artist, Michaelangelo painted the majority of The Sistine Chapel while lying on his back. Afterwards the kids imitated Michael Angelo by lying under their chair and drawing a picture.
In this week we were learning about Mexico. Ricardo, a native Mexican living in the DR, just so happened to be doing a construction project on the school grounds. He took a break to talk to the students about his home country.
Last day of our summer program! Celebrated with a picnic of tacos outside!
#NofilterjustJesus
Dena was pleasantly surprised to find out her goodbye party was Pirate themed!
The day Dena moved back to the states. Miss this girls TONS. But know God is doing great things through and in her back in the states.
Menold's goodbye party. Finley and Caktio watching a slideshow of photos of the Menold's time here. Miss this great family!
With many "goodbyes", came many "hellos." We welcomed Kelly, Martha and the Majcher family to the DR in August. Here I am pictured with the youngest Majcher: sweet/adorable Sarah.
The last week of August, my dad gifted me with an early birthday present: he had his timeshare traded to a beautiful condo in the DR!
As we were checking in, we noticed there was a grill and immediately decided we had to take advantage of it. None of us girls had ever grilled before, but we went for it...and the food turned out AMAZING. Definitely a highlight of the week.
Poolside reading. One of my favorite pastimes.
What an incredible week of relaxation we had. We woke up everyday without an alarm, had breakfast, read our bibles, made our way out to the pool, swam/read, came inside when the sun set, watched cable television (an incredibly luxury, we don't have in our apartments), ate dinner and then finished the day off by watching tons of episodes of Lost. AND our condo was air condition. Cable TV, air condition and a pool is all I need for great relaxation here in the DR. Definitely one of my favorite memories from 2013!
September
My 24th Birthday, celebrated in Santiago. A day filled with friends, good conversation, laughter, FROZEN YOGURT, mall fun and great Italian food. I love you Santiago.
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