Our first full day at La Anunciacion was a busy one! After a delicious breakfast of hamon con huevos with Lazaro, the owner of the Hotel Colonial, we headed to church to enjoy a Pentecost service with Padre Almonte and Dona Olga. Jena did a reading for us, and we followed along with several upbeat hyms (Alabanza, alabanza, alabanza por Dios el Rey! … or something along those lines) After a quick change into work clothes, some of the students enjoyed a game of basketball with the Dominican teenagers, and others worked their way through a conversation (entirely in Spanish!) about their favorite music. Finally, it was time to get to work. I was so proud of our students, who painted and straightened six classrooms in two hours!
Right now we are waiting for dinner and enjoying the calming sounds of the rain falling outside. The first day can be an overwhelming experience, so we will take som
e time this evening to debrief on all we’ve seen and accomplished today. By the way, if they think they heard a lot of Spanish today, they should wait until tomorrow when hundreds of excited, chatty Dominican children descend upon them!
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