santo domingo, pica, rincon

Ok it has been 2 weeks or so, so I thought that I would write again, even though i'm not too sure how many people are actually reading this blog, but oh well it gives m something to do at night. So alot has happened in the last few weeks, we had to go to Santo Domingo to get our passports stamped at immigration and so we spent the day touring around the old colonial streets and saw a bunch of museums and stuff about columbus, and his sons house that he built for him, it was really cool to see. Then we stayed the night and drove around the small towns on the outskirts of the city. It was cool to see other parts of the island other than las terreanas.
And well we found another puppy and it looks like this one is going to live so it looks like chopper is gtting a little sister after all. Her name is pica and she is a little crazy but really cute.
We also went to playa bonita and took the boys surfing. They did an amazing job!! They are gonna be pros i swear. By the end of the day they didn't need and help getting up speed and they were catching waves and standing up like they had been doing it for a long time. It was pretty cool and they want to go again so we are going on sunday. And then we went to a different beach about 2 hours away. It is supposedly one of the top rated beaches in the world and it was amazing! The water was like turquoise and crystal clear, and on the way we saw a pineapple farm. I never knew that they grew that way, pretty neat. So yeah we went snorkling at that beach and I even saw a purple and yellow spotted eel! Really Cool. There is more to tell about our CO visit but i will wait till after Saturday cause we are going to the next town over in the back of that big truck to preach and it will be pretty cool. But I need to go to bed now, so buenos noches!
the internet is slow right now so ill put the rest of the pics up tomorrow.

Storms, Service, puppys and parties.

Ok were to begin. Cuiquita, our little puppy was doing so good, she was full of energy, putting on weight and starting to act like a normal puppy. We woke up one day and saw that she was not up and about as usuall. In fact she slept all day and didn't eat or drink. So the next day we took her to the vet to see if there was anything that we could do for her. It was pretty expensive he said but either way if we decided to keep her or not he would treat her. She was poisoned, he said by rat pee. Kind of like the whole lysteriousus {however it is spelled} thing that happened at the maple leaf food plant. Anyway a day and a half later I went to check on her at the vet and she died that morning, she was too weak for the treatment to take. So that was a pretty sad day. And then to make a long story short we also got robbed that day. It really sucked cause well getting robbed sucks! I'm still a little bitter so maybe i'll tell you the story one day when we get back.
Oh yeah we had a few days in service that were pretty cool. The people here are so incredibly friendly. One day about 20 of us piled into the back of a brothers truck and did some territory just outside of town. It was awesome riding in the back of a truck on the way out in service. Then when we get to the territory we get out and pretty much everybody sees you coming so they get out the chairs and invite you in to talk, very very different from back home! You can pretty much stay at one call for as long as you want, but there are so many people that want to talk you have to be a little bit quick. Service here is definitely an experience going through the barrios that the tourists don't get to see and talking to people that really want to listen to you. I have been walking down the street with a bag of magazines and anyone that you ask if they want something to read they will take them. very cool.
Other than that the weather lately has been a bit nasty, there is a hurricane in Cuba right now and we are just catching the edge of it so lots of wind and rain. So other than that there was a going away party at ben n nikeas and our place and there was about 100 people that came. There were people from here haiti, california, spain, france, and japan. There were alot of new people to meet and it was cool trying to talk to so many people that didn't speak your language. But I can't think of anymore right now, hopfully I'll write something sooner next time so that I won't forget anything. So until next time chiao!