I have had a very exciting past few days… let me tell you….

On Friday we went to the colonial zone and had a lot of fun not being the only white people around. we saw old forts and where Columbus lived. We also saw churches and where the heros of Dominican Republic are burried. It was a VERY linda ciudad, and i enjoyed it a lot! After we were done, Maria and I got ready to go home, but got a little confused. My host dad had given me directions to where to go to get home, but obviously i needed a little more direction. Maria and i asked a few people for directions in our broken spanish and found out at least we were walking the right direction. We ended up walking a little more than 2 1/2 miles and were very dirty and gross when we finally got a carro publico. I told Maria that its probably good that my mom doesn’t know what I’m doing all the time, she might not like to know we were walking down (sometimes through) a busy street lost hot and dirty trying to ask directions in a language we don’t really know… it was a good experiance.

Today was also very exciting all around! I got up early at 6 am to leave for casa goshen. From there we went to tres ojos which are beautiful caves with bright blue water at the bottom. It was quite the fun experiance. We even sang 606 at the bottom of one of the caves. From there we left for the beach!! My whole self was in the Caribbean Sea it was beautiful! we had 5 hours to have as much fun as possible on the beach. I did a lot of swiming in the clearest water i have ever seen and we played water vollyball and ultimate frisbie. Amoung other things we also did some sun tanning, and dispite the SPF 30 i put on before going in the water, I am bright red!! its really sad and uncomfortable! my three year old sister even asked why i was so red today!

After i got home I found my host mom, her sister and cousin having a “beauty parlor” in their house. It was fun and they decided they wanted to make me look more feminine. So they gave me a french manicure and plucked my eyebrows and put a LOT of makeup on my face. It was quite the experiance. But i had a lot of fun!! They are really great people. SO as you can see i am having a great time and i am excited for a new week to start. and i also can’t wait until my sunburn turns into an awesome tan! Other than that thank you all for youe prayers, I am off to watch Willy Wonka for the 2nd time tonight in spanish! Have a great weekend!