Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
By Zak B., Jadin F., & Richard F. Today was our final day and night of our Intensive Learning trip to the Dominican Republic. Our destination was Cayo Arena, a remote sandbar off the northern coast of the DR. We were excited to spend our last day at the beach, after almost a week...
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By Maisah M. & Chase B. This morning kicked off with breakfast around 7:30. After that, we gathered for Meeting for Worship and sat in a circle. We spent 20 minutes reflecting on the differences between the USA and the Dominican Republic, highlighting cultural nuances that often go unnoticed. Our query referred to ideas...
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This morning we woke up bright and early to breakfast and a Spanish lesson. Our tour guide Brayan taught us the important words we would need to know throughout the day. Then we prepared for our “market challenge.” The challenge consisted of walking around the Jarabacoa produce market and speaking with people in Spanish...
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This morning we started the day with breakfast at our hotel. Then, we had our Spanish lesson and learned the words necessary for our service today. Our tour director Brayan taught us a new game called “Stop,” which is similar to Scattergories, to help us increase our Spanish vocabulary. We then were surprised with...
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Welcome to the third day of the Dominican Republic IL. We started the day off with our daily Spanishlesson with our tour guide Brayan. We learned words for items we planned to use in our service project. After breakfast we headed over to the local environmental institute for the project. Our service project consisted...
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Today, we started the morning at last night’s hotel, Hodelpa Centro Plaza in Santiago. After a nice buffet breakfast, we all met our tour leader, Brayan, in the hotel conference room for a quick Spanish lesson. We learned a few words to assist us in our work at el Instituto Ambiental, including árbol (tree),...
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We started our first day very early, arriving at school at 4:30 a.m. We ventured by bus to JFK, where we had ample time to explore and get some bagel sandwiches! After a three-hour flight and some napping, we arrived in Santiago and immediately felt the hot, humid weather as we stepped off the...
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