6/1 Sunday DR Trip

( We journaled all of these entries each day and just decided to upload them all when we got back home: ))
Sunday morning we woke up around 8am and had our morning devotional where Will shared his testimony and Carl led us in worship. Then we headed to our breakfast of eggs with ham, fruit, and toast…oh and lest I forget café con leche! Yummy!
After breakfast, it was beach time and we all piled in the van for the hour ride to the locals’ beach. Pastor Rafael’s brother and his family hung out with us all day. Ana and I built sandcastles with their three girls who were so adorable. We bought a few souvenirs today and some of the guys got their Cuban…umm I mean Dominican cigars. For lunch we had pb and J and chips a la American style. At the beach this younger girl approached Trish, who has blond hair, and asked her if she could see her eyes. She told her that her sister who lives in Alaska has blue eyes just like Trish. She hasn’t been able to see her for two years and really missed her. I thought this was so sweet.

Also, the guys played football with a lot of the local boys in the water which was fun to watch. Everyone was in such a good mood. Lots of local people were there playing in the water and just relaxing. Carl stepped on a sea urchin and got the spikes in his foot. It looked pretty painful and they weren’t sure how to remove them. He was a trooper though and made it through! Later we attended church and met the people we will be building the classrooms for. The worship was awesome and they even sang a few songs in Spanish that we sing back in Atlanta (i.e. “Forever God is faithful, Forever God is strong….forever forever”). Afterwards some of the members approached us and kissed and hugged us which was encouraging. This one little boy, Juan, was hilarious and kept trying to show us his muscles. The only English he knew was “Hello baby” and Trish and I thought that was hilarious. He was so excited for us to get a picture of his muscles. Until tm.!