4 days in country

Friends,


It has been 4 days since I arrived to the D.R. Honestly I have to say that it has not hit me yet. Our schedule has been occupied with many orientation classes and prepartion for exams.

I am now living with a Dominican family. They are very kind and have taken me in as part of their family. Before meeting them I was told I would be living with a mom and her daughter but as soon as I arrived I was welcomed basically by the entire neighborhood which were all of the ¨Santos family¨. Where I sleep lives the mom and her daughter but I dine and share amongst all. This consists of an extended nuclear family (great grandparents to small children and even adopted kids).

I am sharing this gigantic family with 4 other trainees (all living in seperate homes in the same neighborhood). We will be here for the remainder of training which ends on October 28th. From now until then we will all be divided up by language proficiency and begin taking intensive courses which includes safety precautions, health awareness, and general knowledge of the culture. We all hope to fulfill our requirements in order to be sworn in and become volunteers on October 28th.

Once we are sworn in we will be given our location and assignments where we will begin our 2 year commitment. Below I have included the yummy foods I have had plus our mailing address. There is much more to come....


Fufu the platano
Mangu
Berengena con semillas sesame
halbondigas
habichuela blancas
Cafe Santo Dominigo
Jugo de Mango, lechosa,pina,guineo con vainilla

mmmmmmmmmm.......


Cuerpo De Paz
Apartado Postal 1412
Santo Domingo Dominican Republic

Lots of love

Marite