Wednesday, February 28, 2007

DR Update

Keeping this short for now - pretty limited access to email and shortage of time! My flights to DR went really well. Arrived to hotel in Santo Domingo around midnight on Friday. Saturday was mostly travel. We met the rest of the group at the airport and then went by bus to San Juan (about 5 hour trip). We arrived around 9pm. So pretty much the first couple of days was travel and meeting the group. As expected, this is a great group of people.

Sunday we traveled to Paraiso by bus (2+ hours each way). We went to the beach & visited with some folks where the last build took place. The Dominicans are very friendly and nice. Should have brushed up on some Spanish before coming here! I really regret not being able to talk to the kids!

Monday we worked very hard - got the footings mixed and poured for the house. Arrived at the site at 8:30 and worked til about 7pm. But we quite a bit of down time in between while waiting for some materials. It is a lot of shoveling and mixing the cement - but good work!

Tuesday was a holiday - Independence Day - so there was no work. We went to the river for a picnic and then attended a concert in the park that night. It was a pretty tame crowd. The music was great.

Today was a hard day at work again - mixing more cement, hauling and laying blocks, etc. There are always curious kids around and to play with!

I probably won´t update again until I get home. We have a tight schedule and little access to the internet. Tough to get here during business hours. All is going well and I am enjoying the trip. Hope all is well at home!

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~Treat others as you wish to be treated yourself~

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