A typical weekend for Laura and I tends to be spending the majority of either Saturday or Sunday doing lesson planning and grading, while spending the other day relaxing or spending time touring Jarabacoa. This past Sunday, since we go to church in the late afternoon, we took a taxi, along with a few other teachers, to one of the large waterfalls in the area. Apparently this waterfall was featured in one of the Jurassic Park movies, though I am not sure which one of these movies. We spent several hours exploring the lower part of the falls, climbing over enormous rocks and even swimming in some of the little "pools" at the bottom of the waterfall. It was a blast! I have seen Laura smile that big few times in my life, it was great. The area that we are blessed to live in is definitely one of the most beautiful places I have ever been to...
On a side note... I talked to a friend the other day from Minnesota who said it was 39 degrees outside, and I simply responded that we had a low of 73 for the day and a high of 90... suffering for Jesus...
Laura and I enjoy being social people which translates to eating meals and getting together with other on a regular basis. It has been a blessing to meet a number of new people (Americans stick out like sore thumbs down here) here in the Dominican Republic. Yesterday we had a couple, Jake and Kyla, that we met a few weeks ago, over for dinner at our house. He currently works for Youth Life doing logistics for those visiting the D.R. through Young Life, while Kyla works at the other Christian school in the area. It was a blessing to spend some time with another married couple who are within a few years of our age. They even happen to be huge fans of Settlers of Catan and Bang! (two nerdy games that Laura and I really enjoy)
Laura and I have another busy weekend coming up as we will be hosting 16 of the 6th graders at our house on Friday and then having dinner with another student's family on Saturday night. I know that I have really enjoyed the time spent with students outside of class. We have been able to form some great relationships with the kids through hanging out with them outside of the school grounds. Pray for patience through Friday night with the kids and pray that they would really enjoy themselves.
Laura and I are currently getting ready to go into town for ice cream (it's actually ice cream that they mix fresh fruit into... yum-yum...) , which is our reward for each scoring 100% on our Spanish vocabulary quiz for the week (35 words each week and we both have to get them correct to go for ice cream!). We love you all and would love to hear from you soon...
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