to sum it all up…..  community  …… nothing exists here without it<
half way lived through the dr, my biggest point that i want to express is that ministry exists everywhere, live to your  calling, break through and live with your whole self.  my goal is to lose “my image” and grow into the womean i was made to be in Christ´s image^ i am compeled to say that His love is everlasting.  
back to the zest of the dominican –  life is about  living …  the music is calling out to all nations, believe me its definatly loud enough for all nations to hear.  the useage of  horns are plentiful and without reason, personal time and space does not really exist  and the food  is defined as rice&beans.  activities of daily living ( i.e. laundry)  are an adventure all of its own, needing to redefine my  time and technique.  the sun is so hot and the mountains are so majestic  i am blessed to be experiancing life here.   peoeple are  just   exemplatory   models of how we  should live out loud!    the youth  in the dr  has broken me the most-  i have a  great deal of admiration  for their  strength,  confidence,  love,  and most of all  their  faith.    
You can kiss your family &friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your tomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you ” –  Frederick buechne 

for God  did not gibe us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self control….. 2peter 1:7