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Dominican Republic: Art, Mountains, and Puppies

March 28, 2024March 28, 2024Dominican Republic

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...

Dominican Republic: A Full Day of Cooking & Coffee

March 27, 2024March 27, 2024Dominican Republic

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...

Dominican Republic: Bonding & Building Benches

March 25, 2024April 10, 2024Dominican Republic

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...