woops. it’s been a little while eh? so as you have seen the parents were here last week which was awesome. i loved showing them around my island (ha) and getting mom on a motoconcho – i couldn’t believe it. mostly i loved introducing them to everyone down here and seeing them start to be friends with my Dominican friends and family.
since they were here we’ve had a few big events. first was that josh (my roommate from last year) and kirstin, his girlfriend, came down so i have
moved in with them to our old apartment from last year for the month until another friend kyle joins us.
tambien (also) sunday june 7th was the one year anniversary of the clinic in nazaret that i work in; but they decided to wait to have a fiesta (party) until a medical team that was here last year returns again on the 20th of this month.
hoy, (today) was the 2nd annual graduation for the kids of nazaret that i see todos los dias (every day). we went up this morning to help decorate
and set up and make refreshments and such and then at 430 we went back for the actual ceremony. it is so cute because only the kids in kindergarten are actually in the ceremony and they get all the kids an escort. hoy (today) there was a boy wearing a tux and all the girls were in their ‘poofiest’ white dresses to walk the graduate in the parade around town and then to their seats. it is such a fun production with dances from the older kids and graduates, an award section and different speeches. we also had a special surprise rain storm today just near the end – it wouldn’t be the Dominican if it didn’t rain at some point during the day.
on a more serious (sad but encouraging) note, el sabado pasado (last saturday) my friends dad was in a motoconcho accident where a truck pulled out and one way or another both the motoconcho driver and my friends dad ended up in hospital. his dad is a pastor in town that i have known for four years now and he is always so welcoming when we come to the church or to their house. i went with his son the other day to check on him in the hospital after his 4 operations. he ended up in a full left leg cast after two operations, plus he needed a procedure on his hip/pelvis area and one also on his face (jaw perhaps?). first of all it was a miracle that he was in such good condition because here the motoconcho drivers are the only ones that “have to” wear helmets (because how often do you expect to see
people walking around here with a helmet just in case they might need a drive somewhere) but they usually don’t either. so that was quite marvellous (the thesaurus wasn’t very helpful, sorry), and that he was able to talk to me and move, for the most part, his other body parts was awesome. we got a chance to pray with him and encourage him which was great, and i got the meet the family and other close family friends (kind of awkard timing though). the unfortunate news is that the 4 operations are going to cost his family around $230,000 pesos or around $7000 USD which his family definitely doesn’t have. so please be praying that we will be able to help them figure something out. sadrak (his son) was telling me that he knows that after such a challenging time for his family (which this whole year has turned out to be) that God must have some big blessings waiting so he is just living in faith, which is such an encouraging attitude, especially when faced with such a real, overwhelming necessity that his family cannot handle on their own...
love you all, thanks for being so great.
since they were here we’ve had a few big events. first was that josh (my roommate from last year) and kirstin, his girlfriend, came down so i have
moved in with them to our old apartment from last year for the month until another friend kyle joins us.tambien (also) sunday june 7th was the one year anniversary of the clinic in nazaret that i work in; but they decided to wait to have a fiesta (party) until a medical team that was here last year returns again on the 20th of this month.
hoy, (today) was the 2nd annual graduation for the kids of nazaret that i see todos los dias (every day). we went up this morning to help decorate
and set up and make refreshments and such and then at 430 we went back for the actual ceremony. it is so cute because only the kids in kindergarten are actually in the ceremony and they get all the kids an escort. hoy (today) there was a boy wearing a tux and all the girls were in their ‘poofiest’ white dresses to walk the graduate in the parade around town and then to their seats. it is such a fun production with dances from the older kids and graduates, an award section and different speeches. we also had a special surprise rain storm today just near the end – it wouldn’t be the Dominican if it didn’t rain at some point during the day.on a more serious (sad but encouraging) note, el sabado pasado (last saturday) my friends dad was in a motoconcho accident where a truck pulled out and one way or another both the motoconcho driver and my friends dad ended up in hospital. his dad is a pastor in town that i have known for four years now and he is always so welcoming when we come to the church or to their house. i went with his son the other day to check on him in the hospital after his 4 operations. he ended up in a full left leg cast after two operations, plus he needed a procedure on his hip/pelvis area and one also on his face (jaw perhaps?). first of all it was a miracle that he was in such good condition because here the motoconcho drivers are the only ones that “have to” wear helmets (because how often do you expect to see
people walking around here with a helmet just in case they might need a drive somewhere) but they usually don’t either. so that was quite marvellous (the thesaurus wasn’t very helpful, sorry), and that he was able to talk to me and move, for the most part, his other body parts was awesome. we got a chance to pray with him and encourage him which was great, and i got the meet the family and other close family friends (kind of awkard timing though). the unfortunate news is that the 4 operations are going to cost his family around $230,000 pesos or around $7000 USD which his family definitely doesn’t have. so please be praying that we will be able to help them figure something out. sadrak (his son) was telling me that he knows that after such a challenging time for his family (which this whole year has turned out to be) that God must have some big blessings waiting so he is just living in faith, which is such an encouraging attitude, especially when faced with such a real, overwhelming necessity that his family cannot handle on their own...love you all, thanks for being so great.
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