Pennsville Baptist Church - Friday
Today was our last full day in the Dominican Republic. After breakfast and a long bus ride, we took a boat over to Catalina Island. The boat drivers were a little crazy, especially on the way back. They would tip the boat to one side so that the wave would get everyone wet on that side. [...]
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Pennsville Baptist Church - Thursday
Today we woke up and ate breakfast and at 8:30AM departed for the “Dominican WalMart” known as JUMBO. We purchased food to distribute at our last sugarcane village. When we first arrived at the village, we went to an old folks home and talked to a man who was 99 years old. He seemed excited [...]
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Pennsville Baptist Church - Wednesday
This morning we loaded the bus and headed to an all girl’s orphanage. The bus ride was long but fun. When we got there all the girls each picked their own buddy to hang out with. The facility was very nice and clean. We played with the kids. Some of us were doing balloons, crafts, [...]
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Pennsville Baptist Church - Tuesday
This morning, just like always, we ate breakfast around 7:30AM. After that we headed to Santo Domingo to shop at the “Straw Market”. Basically, the “Straw Market” is a big building with a bunch of little shops and smaller buildings, with booths where people sell tons of stuff. So, once we got inside, people go crazy trying [...]
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Pennsville Baptist Church - Monday
We began our day with breakfast. There was eggs with ham in them and another option of cereal. We boarded a bus with our “co-group” and made our way to JUMBO to shop for food to feed a village. We went to a sugarcane village and played with about 100 kids. We did activities like [...]
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