Life this month in the small mountain town of Las Lagunas in the Dominican Republic meant…
…being surrounded by beautiful mountains
…sleeping under a mosquito net
…screaming fits over cockroaches on our beds
…big brown eyes
…a ridiculously squeaky door
…having two sets of grandparents that take really good care of us
…sweet, delicious mini cups of coffee (almost) every day
…no sense of personal space from the locals
…bucket showers and a squatty potty
…worshipping really loudly and completely off key, with anyone on the microphone
…having a bonfire in the middle of the street and dancing with the kiddos
…teaching the kids eskimo kisses, which we call "besitos"
…horseback riding around town with some local guys
…almost getting bucked off of said horse (mine was like 7 feet tall too) several times
…laying awake at night listening to a mouse chew through our crackers
…going to a revival for the first time
…eating enough pork to last me the rest of my life
…dance parties at night with abuelo watching and sometimes dancing with us as well
…falling in front of a ton of kids and getting a bloody knee
…making a ton of new friends
…a huge language barrier
…really loud roosters… and dogs… and motorcycles… and donkeys… and music… and people
…riding in the back of a small pickup with 17 other people
…being proposed to by a police officer
…no electricity most of the time
…learning how to dance the baicharta
…ten kids crawling all over you at once (this must be universal)
…always being invited into stranger's houses
…abuela #1 bringing me coffee as I watch the sunrise and spend time with the Lord
…38 bug bites at one time– from the knees down
…hearing "I love you, baby" from random guys
…chicken feet cooked and in the bowl with the rest of the chicken
…a crazy mountainous truck ride with a loco driver when we all thought we were going to die, followed by a strenuous 2 hour one-way walk to a waterfall when I definitely thought I was going to die.. So basically hiking almost 10 miles in one day
…giving a piece of my heart to so many of the people here
…seeing Dominicans more and more through the eyes of Christ
