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Happy Thanksgiving!!! We celebrated Thanksgiving with a fellow Canadian family on Monday, and thoroughly enjoyed mashed potatoes, turkey, and all the fixings! This was a great break from rice and beans! 😛 The rest of our staff here at Doulos celebrates American Thanksgiving at the end of November.  We are still working hard to meet academicContinue reading “October”

Hello!!! Welcome to Fall in the Dominican! I will add photos under the Photos Table. 🙂 We are not experiencing much relief from the heat yet, but hope it cools off soon! We have now completed 5 weeks of teaching online! We have hit many roadblocks, but also encountered many successes. I can not thankContinue reading “September”

We are grateful for our vehicle, this love-gift half donated by the most generous people, and we don’t take it for granted. Climbing the mountain roads, up down around. There’s no pattern. No set swirl of a road that wraps tight round the mountain. It’s high roads that swerve to the right, left, down again,Continue reading “It’s less about the masks and more about shedding entitlement.”

It’s déjà vu as a missionary kid.. the Lord leads on, and I can see Him, So Long as I count the gifts he bestows. I always seek a mantra, a returning point, A HOME. Maybe that’s what this is for me, seeking home for myself in a world I’ve never really been able toContinue reading “Gifts. August 1, 2020”

Everything is the longest process here and no one cares about getting anything done at a certain time. It’s as though clocks don’t exist here, only people and relationships. It has its pros and cons, for sure. We sent our car to the shop for a new belt and it could be days or weeksContinue reading “July 30, 2020”

We’ve relocated our family during a global pandemic and I’ll tell you what. I’d do it again in a heartbeat. Not because it’s fun or easy or adventurous, but because I know for a fact God placed us right here.. right now. That’s what God does, and that’s when He provides. Not luxurious items, orContinue reading “Grief, Loss, and Transition”

Hola!!! A few updates for all of you. 🙂 We are starting to feel at HOME here!!! We are making connections, building friendships, and getting to know our neighbours and staff. Our boys have been doing an amazing job here. They are so brave, so compassionate, so aware. We are so proud of them. ThisContinue reading “July 23, 2020”

His head is in my lap, and I want so very badly to take it off. His tears and my sweat, there’s no difference now.. he is wailing, weeping, sobbing into me and we love to the tile floor for the sake of my sanity and body temperature.  I breathe deep with my teeth clenched,Continue reading “July 16”

Continued from yesterday! In addition to learning about local milk, we are on day 2 of no ants covering our kitchen counters!! We knew this was pretty normal, but the amount of ant armies was a little outrageous.. hahaha. We figured out the trick!!! We now wash every dish instantly, rinse in bleach water, andContinue reading “A few more lessons”

We learned how to pasteurize our own milk today! Most of the stores sell milk in a carton on the shelf that isn’t quite real 😝 so we found a farmer who brings in warm milk from his own cows in the morning to sell! We bought a few gallons and brought it home, whereContinue reading “July 11”