So i know what you have all been thinking, what is a normal day like for Daniel? Don´t fear, thats exactly what i´m going to tell you.
Well since I don´t have classes in the morning I have the luxury of being able to sleep in. For this I am very grateful! I always have breakfast here, which is a meal I usually skip at home in the U.S. After breakfast, I usually have my quiet time. Then depending on the day, I might read or plan my lessons or wrestle with Amos. When Larys and the two other boys return from school, we eat lunch, which is the largest meal of the day here in the Dominican Republic. After lunch, I head to the school to teach my classes. I always walk there, everyone thinks i´m crazy but i really enjoy the walk. Its about a 15-20 minute walk from the house to the school. Once At the school I head to my classes, one day i have one class another day I have three, all the other days I have two classes. If I have a break between classes or once I am done with classes I usually head to the library to help our Raquel ( the librarian) and also to practice Spanish with her. I also help her with her English. Sometimes I will also help the other teachers with their classes or with their English. We´re usually headed back to the house any time between 6-7 P.M. After we eat dinner the activities really depend on the night, sometimes its watching TV, sometimes its talking to friends in the street, sometimes its reading, sometimes its planning lessons or playing uno with Amos. Thats about it really, not every day is like this, sometimes there are English classes that I go to or other activities. I´m sure things will probably change with Frank and Juanita here now.
Speaking of Frank and Juanita, I just got back from visiting them at the guest house. It was great seeing them and talking with them. hopefully i´ll be able to go over there to be a part of some of the things the groups are doing. It was nice talking to Juanita, someone who obviously understands a lot about adjusting to this culture and learning the language.
Sunday I recited four verses in the night service. I forgot a little bit of parts of them and slipped up because I was nervous. Oh well. And Tony got the whole thing on video haha. I can´t really think of anything new, please keep praying for me! Thank you all, Dios le bendiga!
En Cristo
-Dan
P.S. The spell check is set on Spanish so sorry if there are a bunch of typos :)
Hey buddy, good talking to you tonight! Were really gonna miss you at youth group tomorrow! Ash and I are excited because we're going to be going out to moody in 2 weeks for mission conference and to chill with pete. So that should be fun! Hope your week goes well! We're praying for you!
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Hey Daniel,
ReplyDeleteHaha, sleeping in would be nice. :) Out of curiosity, is there a time difference there?
So I guess that you're just there to help whoever needs help at a certain time then. It's cool that you help with different classes sometimes. And that you're making friends with all the teachers. :)
I'll keep praying,
Rebecca G.
Hi Daniel!
ReplyDeleteI thought about you a lot as we were at the scrapbooking weekend at Sauders. I was working on our first digital scrapbook for the Dominican trip. I did about 15 of 20 pages! It was really hard going through our 900+ and Peter's 1200+ pictures! Everyone that I have talked to at the crop & work are excited to see it (me too!). The men's Bible study has been good- back in James. I think we are up to about 8 guys now, on a good night. It's getting cool here, down to 40 at night & only up to about 60. This w/e is supposed to be near 80! Hope you got all of your books! Miss you! Mary Ann says "Hi"!
Love, Dad