November

November has come and gone, and it is still so warm here! We can hardly believe we’ve been here for nearly half a year. November was filled with the theme of Relational. We spent our month integrating the Biblical concept of being Relational into our curriculum, online classes, and events. We hosted a week of Relational activities. Many classes hand delivered gifts and cards to students. Some classes hosted drive-through parades with interactive stations. Other classes hosted social-distanced activities as possible.

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We had SO MUCH rain during the month of November, and went MANY days without running water. We buy jugs of water for drinking, and used rain water for showering. This was fine for a while, but by the 5th day we were pretty tired of bucket showers. 😛 We are VERY grateful for running water.

During the month of November we enjoyed a 5 day weekend, due to American Thanksgiving! We spent time as a family, played at the beach, and found some sun. 🙂

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Our kids are doing well! We have found a bit of a rhythm here. Sawyer is growing like a weed, and is wearing all of Hayden’s clothes from last year. He is starting to piece together words to make sentences, which makes everyone happier when we can communicate! Hayden is continuing to practice his Spanish, and can converse easily. He loves Preschool! Hayden and Sawyer love “helping” Alondra and Ale with their online classes from our house.

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We are looking forward to the rest of December and our month off! We are ready for family time, and some rest! We finish school this Friday (tomorrow), and return on January 7.

We have stayed healthy thus far and continue to ask for prayer as we work to “make our own” restrictions. We still have curfew (9pm) which eliminates the cultural night life here. The weather is beautiful (despite some rainy weeks) all year round here, which means communal gathering happen at all hours and all months. Other than curfew, we are encouraged to wear masks. The government has not made many requirements outside of this. At school, we work in separate classrooms and offices, wear masks, and eat lunch 6 feet + away from each other. If we develop symptoms of Covid, we quarantine and work from home until we have TWO negative Covid test results. We try to keep our “contacts” limited, but we are fortunate to be able to participate in social distanced events outdoors all year round!

Thank you for staying connected with us! We love hearing from you all, and appreciate your love and support. Thank you so much! We update generally on our blog, but if you would like to receive more personalized, detailed updates of our ministry projects and personal lives in the DR, feel free to send me your email address at mattlisawiebe@gmail.com

Xoxo. Lisa.