Dominican Adventures

A summer's end. I was feeling the pressure of going back to work so I decided to run away with my family. Stacy and Mikaela were planning a month long service trip in the Dominican Republic working in a Haitian refugee camp. We had lots of fun fighting bugs and cleaning diabetic ulcers. The people in the village were so loving and kind to us. Rachel and Tanner came later in the week to add to our fun.

For my service project I decided to teach sewing lessons. We met a wonderful woman with 3 children. Anna taught me how to cook some yummy creole food after our sewing lessons. We laughed together as we tried to communicate. I learned 5 more spanish words during this trip. I'm up to 20 words!!

I went snorkeling for the first time and did not drown. The best part of the trip was not documented by pictures :( We went to the 27 waterfalls national park where we jumped and slid off crystal blue waterfalls. The whole trip was a great adventure in the sun.

(this is a picture of me in a "cave-pool." I was very nervous!!)