Toddler, Trips, & Track
7 years ago
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Half-way...
Wow! It's true, I'm half-way done with my time here in the Dominican Republic... unbelievable.
This week was really crazy but still a lot of fun. We had three church groups here for the week, from Georgia, Michigan, and Florida, plus a few individuals. We did four different camps for over 750 kids total. It was insane. Two camps happened at the Orphanage with about 250 kids there each from Monte Cristi and then one camp was done out at La Recta and the other was at Copey, two smaller communities. I spent my mornings here at the orphanage and then went out to Copey in the afternoon. The mornings were definitely trying and tiring. I was a guide with another adult volunteer and a younger girl volunteer in middle school, and together we had 60+ kids who were ages 6 and under. Even with some help from Dominican volunteers, we were run ragged. Overall though, I still really enjoyed the camp at the orphanage and the high energy level.
I absolutely loved the afternoon though. The camp was much smaller with about 150 kids who were all incredibly well behaved and who loved to sing "Yo Tengo Gozo" (I've Got the Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy...). There my group consisted of 6 and 7 year olds but I also had a few older girls help me because their age group was very large. That was a really neat experience. I got to talk with them a bit actually and show them pictures of my family, friends, Jake, and me. A couple of them even gave me their pictures! I really enjoyed getting to know them and was also encouraged, and humbled to see that God was already working in the community without my help, as these girls knew a lot of the Bible stories already and told me that they did have Jesus in their hearts. We serve an amazing God and I feel so blessed to be here fulfilling his work in the world.
Yesterday was sad but fun in two different ways. About half of the interns that I had gotten to know well left for home because they only stayed for four weeks, which was definitely sad to see them leave. The exciting part was that we got to go to Santo Domingo, the capital, for the day! It was so cool to see some of the historic parts and see the more commercialized side of the Dominican Republic. We also got to eat Pizza Hut for lunch and McDonald's for dinner... it was quite the treat!
That's about all for now, I'm running out of internet time! We have a group coming in soon this afternoon from Central so I'm excited to see them and this week we are doing two camps out in the community at La Capilla and La Madre. Some prayer requests would be for the communities that God opens their hearts to us and his word and also that we as interns can maintain a high energy level and some of us have been here for a while and are starting to wear out a bit.
Hopefully I'll be able to get some pictures up soon of my trip and where I'm staying and some of the people here. Thanks again for reading this and praying for me. I've seen God work in so many ways in both my life and the lives of the other volunteers and even the kids. Praise God!
This week was really crazy but still a lot of fun. We had three church groups here for the week, from Georgia, Michigan, and Florida, plus a few individuals. We did four different camps for over 750 kids total. It was insane. Two camps happened at the Orphanage with about 250 kids there each from Monte Cristi and then one camp was done out at La Recta and the other was at Copey, two smaller communities. I spent my mornings here at the orphanage and then went out to Copey in the afternoon. The mornings were definitely trying and tiring. I was a guide with another adult volunteer and a younger girl volunteer in middle school, and together we had 60+ kids who were ages 6 and under. Even with some help from Dominican volunteers, we were run ragged. Overall though, I still really enjoyed the camp at the orphanage and the high energy level.
I absolutely loved the afternoon though. The camp was much smaller with about 150 kids who were all incredibly well behaved and who loved to sing "Yo Tengo Gozo" (I've Got the Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy...). There my group consisted of 6 and 7 year olds but I also had a few older girls help me because their age group was very large. That was a really neat experience. I got to talk with them a bit actually and show them pictures of my family, friends, Jake, and me. A couple of them even gave me their pictures! I really enjoyed getting to know them and was also encouraged, and humbled to see that God was already working in the community without my help, as these girls knew a lot of the Bible stories already and told me that they did have Jesus in their hearts. We serve an amazing God and I feel so blessed to be here fulfilling his work in the world.
Yesterday was sad but fun in two different ways. About half of the interns that I had gotten to know well left for home because they only stayed for four weeks, which was definitely sad to see them leave. The exciting part was that we got to go to Santo Domingo, the capital, for the day! It was so cool to see some of the historic parts and see the more commercialized side of the Dominican Republic. We also got to eat Pizza Hut for lunch and McDonald's for dinner... it was quite the treat!
That's about all for now, I'm running out of internet time! We have a group coming in soon this afternoon from Central so I'm excited to see them and this week we are doing two camps out in the community at La Capilla and La Madre. Some prayer requests would be for the communities that God opens their hearts to us and his word and also that we as interns can maintain a high energy level and some of us have been here for a while and are starting to wear out a bit.
Hopefully I'll be able to get some pictures up soon of my trip and where I'm staying and some of the people here. Thanks again for reading this and praying for me. I've seen God work in so many ways in both my life and the lives of the other volunteers and even the kids. Praise God!
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did you show them a picture of me?
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