Day 5 and 6

A few things--
-Orientation on worldview, mission, views, philosophy of SCS
-Ikea visit-- its a smaller version, and then you can order things that are sent from the capital (Santo Domingo) the next day.
-Baskin Robbins ice cream visit (also noticed that they deliver! Not sure how that would work! LOL)
-Maid interview- Murielle is from Haiti, and been in DR for about 2 yrs. She speaks Creole and Spanish. Interview was in Spanish, and was interpreted by 2 of the new teachers with us. She goes to Sheila's church. Murielle is 23, recently married in December, and her husband is an engineer. She is 6th out of 10 children, and her father is a pastor is Haiti.
-There are comados, that are small stores close to apts. You call and they deliver basically anything-- a few eggs, water, food. You tip them a few peso's.

-SCS is 8% Korean, 10% American

-The driving in  Santiago is absolutely crazy! People passing, 3 lanes of cars (when there's only 2), motorcycles weaving in and out, honking, etc. etc. 

Thursday--

I ordered my first Taxi today (from Santiago) with my Spanish phrases-- to go to Claro, the cell phone place to finalize my phone service. Sarah had to go too, and thankfully Yoalba, who works in the office, took us there, and helped us. I didn't realize I would need our passport, so we had to make a stop at our apt to get it, and then onto Claro. I have a voice and data plan, and I have to go to La Sirena (the walmart store) every month to pay it. After that Kyla, Sarah, and I made our first visit to La Sirena on our own to get a few things. It's a short walk-- about .4 of a mile-- and pretty easy to navigate. Tomorrow we go Centro Leon, a Dominican museum, and Saturday is the beach!!!

Change in zip code-- the zip code is now 33198-1522

Quote from today:

"Disturb us, Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves, 


when our dreams have come true because we have dreamed too little, 


when we arrive safely because we sailed too close to the shore. 


Disturb us, Lord, when with the abundance of things we possess, 

we have lost our thirst for the waters of life, 
having fallen in love with life, we have ceased to dream of eternity, 
and in our efforts to build a new earth, 


we have allowed our vision of the new heaven to dim. 


Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly, to venture on wider seas, 
where storms will show your mastery, 
where losing sight of land, we shall find the stars. 
We ask you to push back the horizon of our hopes, 
and to push us into the future in strength, courage, hope, and love. 
This we ask in the name of our Captain, who is Jesus Christ. ”

― Francis Drake

Pirate/Sir