Sorry to friends and family for not staying in touch over the last week. Often times the hurricane season brings a great deal of power issues throughout the island. On Wednesday we experienced our first power-surge which left us with a blown modem and telephone (for our Vonage line). It looks as though we may have another modem on Tuesday, but that is probably a VERY optimistic bet. As for new phones, we are hoping that we can buy phones in Jarabacoa within the next few days but in reality the phone will do us no good without a modem.
Though this happened on Wednesday, we are very encouraged by this past week. We were able to start Spanish lessons, complete our first full week of school, have a number of Dominican staff members over for dinner, meet a number of "new" people in our travels around Jarabacoa, and take our first trip to Santiago where we bought a number of different items that we are unable to buy in Jarabacoa (and that are way cheaper in Santiago!). Possibly the most exciting part of the week was finally getting a number of pieces of furniture in our house. On Friday afternoon the financial director of the school brought to my attention that a woman who has lived in the D.R. for a while was selling most of the items in her house. We were able to buy a number of pieces of furniture (the best being a 8 person table so that we can entertain more!) and plenty of cooking supplies. Praise God for providing those things! We are feeling as though we have taken a huge step in adjusting and settling into our new home. Thank you all for your prayers in this area, they are definitely being answered...
School has been great! It is tough adjusting to teaching all day (Laura is a pro at it, but I am dead by the end of the day!). The kids are lively and fun, which makes every class more exciting. Though there have been a number of adjustments to teaching here, we are both enjoying what God has called us to do here. I have had some time this weekend to think about some things that I would like to do with the students outside of class and have been throwing around the idea of a prayer group made up of students from the school who dedicate time to praying for the students, teachers, and families of the students. I would also like to start opening our house to more kids from the school, so you could all pray that I find the proper and fitting ways to have the students into our home.
Hopefully I will write again sometime soon... If there are any emergencies you can call 1-608-531-1972 which is the phone for the teachers who live next door...
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