Sorry Its Been So Long!

Sorry i haven´t updated for a few weeks! Apparently there are some people wondering if i´m still alive or if I got swept away by one of the hurricanes. well I´M ALIVE and doing well.

Teaching is going well, and i am definitely enjoying interacting with the kids! Its always fun to see how the DF (Dominican Factor, coined by mi profesora muy linda) plays into things. For example if there is a large storm and the power goes out, its dark and the kids can´t see the blackboard. This has happened a couple of times, you just have to do an all out interactive class without writing things on the board, which is easier said than done. Today i was going to teach the 6th grade class, i walked in to find out that the 6th and 7th grade classes were swapping rooms, so there was no class for 6th grade today. Sorry kids! :) You just have to love it. My real joy is talking and interacting with the kids. Most of the girls are infatuated with me and always want to talk with me, and i don´t turn them down because i always want to practice my Spanish. I´ve found that the kids are some of the best teachers, they want to help you learn and they are patient, and if i still can´t understand what they are saying thy finally just laugh. But it is a good feeling to know that most of the kids love English class and the English teacher.


The teachers have been great! they are all so much fun and always there to help me when i need it. Its great because most of the teachers have been trying to learn English, so i try to teach them some English and they all have taught me a ton of Spanish! God has definitely blessed me with them as great friends. Raquel has been a great friend, she is one of the teachers and she works in the library in the afternoon. I help her or just hang out in there with her to talk and practice speaking and listening just about every day. Tuesdays and Thursdays i have been going to an English class that is specifically for the teachers at the school. It has really been fun to help them out, although the first class i did find it a struggle talking in English to them. Everything about it just seemed wrong.

Trying to learn a thousand names in my time here has proved to be one of the most difficult things. I´m trying to learn the names of all my students, all the teachers, the people in the church, everyone i´m playing baseball with and everyone else in between. Its very difficult and the pronunciations can be very tricky as well. That is definitely something i would ask you guys to pray for. It doesn´t feel good to forget peoples names when they ask you :(. Its funny though, in my classes i know the names of all the trouble makers by heart!

Today i went to get my hair cut. That was an interesting experience, i pretty much waited for 2 hours to get my hair cut, but hey it was worth it, i feel a lot better with shorter hair. Tomorrow I am going in the morning to play baseball with the team. I´m excited about that, it should definitely be fun! In practice last week i hit 2 home runs! Yes the field is smaller, but i mean still... We´ll see what happens for my birthday tomorrow, we have youth group tomorrow night and i´m sure everybody will do something for me. I might even be singing with the worship team tomorrow, they wanted help with a song in English. We´ll see if i sing with them more or not, i don´t think they need it, but who knows.

Thanks to Danielle who posted the only comment for my last post. Was it that boring guys? And does anyone know what happened to my parents? They haven´t answered there e-mail and didn´t post any comments, didn´t know if they fell off the face of the earth or got swept away in a hurricane or something like that. Thanks you for all your prayers, please keep them coming! Keep praying for good health as well, i think i´m starting to feel la gripe coming on and i would rather not be sick down here, so please pray for good health. Thanks to all!

In Christ,
Dan