DR Week 1
Its crazy to me how slow and yet fast a week can go by. Whenever i think about it i can hardly believe we’ve been here a week...but then again my tired body is quick to remind me. This week has definitely taken it out of us—I dont think most of us have ever been so excited to sleep in until 830 before! Then again, a week full of traveling thousands of miles, one beach day, 4 clinics, and a night of mofia conspiracy theories has the ability to take it out of you. To be totally honest though, i really wouldn’t have it any other way. Though some moments have left me overwhelmed and other with a definite feeling of helpless—but the end of yesterday left me encouraged with the mucho apparent joy of the people in the community as they left the clinic has found me more encouraged that the work we do does indeed impact the people more than we know. In all truth the impact is in fact reciprocal. I feel so privileged to be sharing in the work of the body of Christ—to be working in some of the same capacities that Christ did. Yesterday I was able to clean and bandage the feet of a little boy who came into the clinic with multiple sores which were infected, some even bleeding—I got to wash his feet...like Christ... wow... In the end, though I’m SO excited we got a day off today off to go to the beach...and find out that Jese won the bachelorette (yah, we—minus the boys—are still freaking out!), Im mucho excited to serve in the sugar cain feilds next week!
With love-
Marica (aka Panchita)
Best quotes of the week—
“(Request for clinic phrase translation) Will you join the revolution?”
-Porfirio (aka Zak)
“Ashley, if a guy points a gun at your team you do not walk up to him and say, ´excuse me, do NOT touch my team´, OK. You throw your hands up in the air and deficate in your pants”
-Lolita (aka Leigh)
“You guys, if someone attacked me I think I could get out of it—I´m small and agile!”
-Lupita (aka Ashley)
5 minutes conversation about the mofia and guns passes...2 minutes later “Oh my gosh—u guys—that guy has a gun!” ...awkward silence
-Panchita (aka Marica)
“Why do you automatically make the guy from East LA pick the lock to the cabinett in your room...Leigh, get decent”
-Tinoche (aka Eric)
“Me nombre es Porfirio (musical accent included)”
-Porfirio
“Thinking like the mofia, all im going to say is that our hotel would make a very good place to launder money”
-Tinoche (aka Eric)
“Guys shut the heck up—I´m SO freaking tired! Zak, get your half naked body out of my room!”
*Disclaimer: swim trunks were worn
-Petra (aka Kaile)
“What should be CK´s DR name” ...(hours later) “Guys—let´s call her Chiwowa” (much laughter follows) “Hey, we can call her ´Chiwi´for short!!!”
-Lolita (aka Leigh)
“(In Spanish) I love my large pants”
-El Peirco (aka Steven)
“(also in Spanish) I have a large head that is a brick”
-El Peirco (aka Steven)
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Hola Panchita!
Como estas, amiga? Te extranyo mucho. Feliz cumpleanyos, vieja. Te amo seimpre.
Jenita
lovin the quotes... love the new nickname for CK, let's make it stick ; ) ... I'm a little concerned about so much "gun" talk.
Teamo El DR-o (yes, that is the extent of my "Spanish" skills!)
Just wanted to let you know that you are covered in prayers! Keep being Christ's hands and feet!
Leigh Bee--you the woman. My dad says he was working in the shop and needs some quality people to drive tractors...too bad you are in the DR :(
By the way...our whole household was pulling for Miss Dominican Republic in the Miss Universe competition. She almost pulled it off, but ended up as second runner up. RIGGED!
hello team DR. I send my love to all of you from beautiful Nicaragua. I pray that you are all doing well and by the way, the quote thing, funniest thing ever... even if I wasnt there, you guys are a crack up.
Eric, sing burrito sabanero to chelsea before she goes to sleep and tell her its from me. Oh, I talked to your tito today, turns out im going to work at the school and ill only be at la chureca for a day but shhh dont tell my mom. top secret. hehe.
burrito (chelsea)
i love you soo much. be good. be YOU, you are more than enough. i heard there is a shortage of plaintains in the dr because this random white girl that sweats too much has been stealing them. te quiero mi burrito sabanero.
.dory.
sorry this is long.
blessings to you all! you are in my prayers... be confident in your work for it is not your own but of the Lord´s.
Steve!
Just thought I would let you know that Squishface is doing well. He misses you. So do the rest of us. Lets all play when you get back!
lkb
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