Life seams to be flying by so fast. You might think life in the tropics is laid back but that doesn't seam to be the case lately. Don't get me wrong, even when there is a lot going on, it's still done in laid back fashion. Sometimes to laid back. Haha. The last three weeks have been a little crazy around here. First the dedication, then the zone meeting, then the english assembly. Plus having Dad and Tracy here. Hence the lack in blog entries. It might have been busy but it was fun.
Dad and Tracy seamed to survive their time here. It's pretty hard when you have to go to the beach every day and nap in a hammock every afternoon but you do what you gotta do. We are so glad that they got the chance to come see that we are good here and to meet the congregation and understand why we fell in love with life in Las Terrenas. It was sad to have to leave them early but you just can't pass up an english assembly when you live in a spanish country.
But to continue on where the last blog left off. Levi ended up having to get a new rim for his bike so of course he went with the shiny red one. I swear that boy is turning into a Dominican. He's been on the hunt for a place to paint because we live in a complex full of old crabby Italians who think they own the place. Thankfully he met some good ol' Canadians that are going to let him use their garage in exchange for some painting. It's a good thing to cause he's on his way to pick up another surfboard today.
Next we have to go on a hunt for a new place to live in September. Our next place will probably be a little more dominican but anything to be able to stay as long as we can.
Dad and Tracy seamed to survive their time here. It's pretty hard when you have to go to the beach every day and nap in a hammock every afternoon but you do what you gotta do. We are so glad that they got the chance to come see that we are good here and to meet the congregation and understand why we fell in love with life in Las Terrenas. It was sad to have to leave them early but you just can't pass up an english assembly when you live in a spanish country.
But to continue on where the last blog left off. Levi ended up having to get a new rim for his bike so of course he went with the shiny red one. I swear that boy is turning into a Dominican. He's been on the hunt for a place to paint because we live in a complex full of old crabby Italians who think they own the place. Thankfully he met some good ol' Canadians that are going to let him use their garage in exchange for some painting. It's a good thing to cause he's on his way to pick up another surfboard today.
Next we have to go on a hunt for a new place to live in September. Our next place will probably be a little more dominican but anything to be able to stay as long as we can.
It has been amazing at the meeting since we have been in the new hall. We have been having so many visitors from all over the island that the hall is full almost every meeting. Plus so many more studies are now coming to the meeting. I think the new hall has had a big impact on the town. One day while the construction was going on a man passed by and wanted to know what was going on. It was explained to him and he was invited to the meeting. At the time we were still in the school house. He and his family have been to almost every meeting since. Religion is such a part big part of life here that i think the people now have more respect for the witnesses seeing as we have a nice place for worship. It's pretty exciting.
On the bus to the zone meeting in Nagua.
On the bus to the zone meeting in Nagua.
Over 60,ooo people attended the zone meeting via satellite around the country with only 30,000 publishers in the Dominican. What a pleasant surprise that the main talk was in English and then translated to spanish. 
Ok so here is a picture of my first time on stage. Can you see the concentration on my face. My mic was not working so the brothers kept coming on stage to try and fix it. Talk about distracting.
Michael, Lacey, LeslieCan you tell which two are brother and sister?
Lacey, Emily, LeslieAnd no that's not pepto bismol it's yogurt.
Hannah and me7:30 in the morning and we're off to blue lake and laguna dudu in the back of a truck.
Laguna Dudu
So this is the other little lake at laguna dudu. We didn't make it over to this one last time but seeing as it was so busy at the main lake we thought we would try it out. It was so pretty and peaceful here.
The last pictures of these little guys were hard to see so here is the little shrimp again cleaning my toes.
The girls trying to catch some sun.
Lacey and me at the entrance to the cave.
Exploring inside the cave. It was pitch black inside and we had to keep taking pictures so we could see where we were going with the light of the flash.
Blue Lake
The whole crewMaybe things will be a little quieter for march before the rush of april. The congregation has a goal to have every publisher pioneer in april so i think it's going to be a busy month.
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