Out with the old—in with the new! 2012 is over---2013 is here, believe or
not. Time is flying. We have now completed 9 months in the
Dominican Republic. Christmas is
celebrated in the Dominican Republic until 7 Dec when the 3 Kings show up with
more gifts for the children. Christmas songs
are still going strong. We discovered it
is very difficult to get anything done between 25 December and 7 January so
this week was pretty uneventful.
SHEREDITH AND WESLEY MADE IT HOME
Sheredith and Wesley were here until Tuesday afternoon so we
have an opportunity to take them to Tres Ojos, a cave in Santo Domingo and to
the Colonial Zone and one last dinner at Andriannes Tropical, a restaurant on
the shore of the ocean where they were able to experience eating mufongo and
tostones.
We really enjoyed our time with Sheredith and Wesley. We doubt they will ever forget their visit to
the Land of the Free!
DINNER WITH ROSA PAULINO
Rosa
Paulino, the Public Affairs person for the Restauradores stake invited to lunch
at her house. Sancocho (Dominican Stew)
was cooked over an open flame in the back yard.
Later we ate inside the house adding rice to the sancocho. She just kept piling on the food until we had
eaten it all and felt like fat pigs when we left. Between other missionaries and other people we
eat with in their homes, we find it very difficult to control our diet or our
weight.
EXERCISE ROUTINE
We’ve
started a new exercise routine. We’ll
see how long it lasts. We walk 1.5 miles
to a park directly across from the Temple where new trails and exercise
equipment have been installed and then walk 1.5 miles home. It takes us an hour, but we feel the
investment in our good health pays dividends in a better attitude and abilities
during the day.
NIZAO
We finished
the week by driving to Nizao to attend regular church meetings and to check
with the 2 branch presidents who meet them to see how they are doing on the
food project.
That exercise equipment is really cool. I wish they had had it while we were there. : )
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