Guess what?
Tomorrow (well technically Sunday morning at 3am) we leave for the Dominican Republic! Time has gone by so quickly here. This week has been BST for the rest if the Gateway students who didn't complete it the week I did. So the eight of us took it pretty easy this week while the other 18 students fought fires, survived in the sea, and learned first aid and CPR. But there were still things to be done, so we didn't have all of the time to relax.
Much had to be done to prepare for the D.R. We packed many trunks full of food, towels, spanish bibles, tooth brushes, and tooth paste. We attempted to perfect the parable skits that we have prepared for the children in the school we are going to. My friend Alex and I are in charge of 2 skits each. Now I, having acted and stage managed in plays before, am having a difficult time with this task. Why? I guess because I'm used to hundreds of practices, costumes, make-up, and enthusiasm. I suppose my expectations were a little too high to begin with, so now I'm a little discouraged. Oh well! All that matters is that the kids enjoy the skits, and understand the lesson we are trying to teach them. Another responsibility I have in the D.R. is taking pictures. I was very pleased with this task. :-) I don't mind taking hundreds of pictures. In fact over the past two days I have been an unofficial photographer for the BST fire fighting and water survival practicals. I am putting all of the pictures (with Marty's help!) on CDs and giving them to those who are interested. Also, tonight I stayed up extremely late putting together the Gateway slide show to show to everyone tomorrow (Saturday), as requested by one of the staff members here. Speaking of late... It's 3:20am right now. I should head to bed. I have to finish packing and cleaning tomorrow before we leave. Its going to be a loooong Saturday.
Thanks to those of you who are keeping up with my blogs! It means a lot to me. God bless!
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