Week 13 in
the D.R.
August 18, Sunday
We
attended the Piantiti Ward. Many of the senior missionaries and church
employees attend the ward. They have Sacrament Meeting in Spanish but have an
English translation for the non-Spanish speakers. They also have an English
Sunday School. We enjoyed attending the ward. In the afternoon after lunch, we
walked a couple of miles on the Malecon, the street by the ocean. In the
afternoon there is a pleasant breeze off the ocean and the water is so pretty
blue.
August 19, Monday
We
had signed up for a tour to the Church camp at Bonao with the temple
missionaries. We left the Casa at 10 am and rode in a guagua or bus to the
camp. The Moreles meet us and showed us around the camp. The camp is big enough
to accommodate 600 youth and their leaders. We had lunch at a nice restaurant in
Bonao and then returned back to the MTC. Joy and I were investigators for the
young missionaries. We returned home after spending a fun day with the senior
missionaries from the temple.
Cabins at Bonao Camp
August 20, Tuesday
We
returned to work in the office after being off for four days. We spent the day
preparing for our meeting with the humanitarian missionaries on Wednesday. We
had prepared a list of all 132 open projects in the Caribbean and the budget
and expenditures for each project. Tuesday night I worked with Sister Arias on
entering the bishop’s orders into the computer.
August 21, Wednesday
Joy
and I met with the humanitarian missionaries from the Dominican Republic, the
Public Relations specialist, our boss Julio Acosta, and the Murdocks from
Jamaica and Brother Berthony from Haiti by telephone. We met for two hours
discussing the various projects and discussing humanitarian principles and
procedures. After the meeting in the morning, we went to lunch with the Ruckers,
Dunfords, and the Cuernots. The Cuernots are from Paris and are leaving for
home next week so we treated them to lunch.
August 22, Thursday
We
left at 7:30 am to go to Higuey in eastern Dominican Republic. We went with the
Haws to attend a vision clinic presented by Dra. Diaz. The meeting was
scheduled to start at 10 am but she called and said she couldn’t come until 12
noon. She finally arrived at 1:00 pm and made her presentation on vision. The
group that had come to hear her waited 3 hours to hear her presentation. After
the meeting, we drove one hour to the Cuevas Maravillas and took a tour of the
cave. The cave was beautiful and we had an hour tour with an English speaking
guide. We then drove another two hours to our apartment. When we arrived, I
spent an hour teaching a new couple how to process bishop’s orders in the
computer.
Crismons and Haws at Cuevas Marravillosas
August 23, Friday
We
spent the day in the office. We worked on several projects and then left the
office around 2 pm. We went shopping at Price Smart and then returned home to
attend the temple. We were in a session with the senior missionary couple from
St. Lucia that had brought three women to the temple for the first time. We
enjoyed the session with these special sisters from St. Lucia.
August 24, Saturday
In
the morning we drove over to the park by the temple and walked around the park
for about one hour. We returned to the apartment and then got ready to travel
with the Haws to San Jose de Ocoa to a closing ceremony. The church had donated
equipment to ADR, a non-profit rehabilitation center in the city. They had
purchased stationary bikes, exercise equipment, and a couple of electronic
devises. The ceremony was to celebrate the closure of the project. After the
closing ceremony, we went over to the church where the Haws made a presentation
to several church members about food projects that the church sponsors. On our
way home, we purchased several mangos from a street vendor and for dinner Joy
made us mango-pineapple smoothies.
Exercise equipment donated to ADR
Elder Haws giving members seeds to start gardens
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