Dominican Republic: Service & Sun

Adventuring on our Last Day in the Dominican Republic

March 30, 2017March 30, 2017Blog Editor

Today started off with another wonderful buffet getting us ready to go zip lining and explore caves. Once we got to the zip lining complex, we got strapped in our harnesses and were ready to go. We learned how to safely ride them and then we jumped right into it. We were all about...

Our Dominican Safari

March 28, 2017March 28, 2017Blog Editor

We began our day At 7 and getting ready fot a 7:30 breakfast. We ate breakfast all together at several different tables. The breakfast was a buffet. There were eggs, croissants, cereal, and bacon. After our stomachs were full we started on our safari! We began the journey by visiting the sugarcane fields. The...

March 28, 2017March 28, 2017Blog Editor

Today was awesome! We had a great day, beginning with a nice breakfast around 8:30 and a 45 minute ride on the bus with our driver, Antonio. We arrived at the girls orphanage run by the same organization as the Orfanato de Niños de Cristo which we had visited on Saturday. There are 60...

Plants & Caves: Exploring Padre Nuesto

March 26, 2017March 27, 2017Blog Editor

Exploring Padre Nuestro this morning in the heat! Back to clean ourselves off and then it's off to Casa de Campo 🌴 #MFSIL @mfsfox pic.twitter.com/EILdqRoxqi — Sarah Kelly (@SKelly_24) March 26, 2017 We started the day off with a lovely hike throughout Padre Nuestro (el bosque)! We saw many native plants and learned their...

Dominican Republic: A Blessed Day at Orfanato Niños de Cristo

March 26, 2017March 26, 2017Blog Editor

Today, the DR homies had the best day so far! The crew went to a local orphanage called Orfanato Niños de Cristo where we met over thirty children ranging from ages 2-18 years old. Over scrimmage baseball, basketball, and dancing games, the crew was able to truly bond with the boys at the orphanage. We were...

Getting to Know the Dominican Republic

March 26, 2017March 26, 2017Blog Editor

Yesterday was a very relaxed day. Our 3 a.m. departure made us very tired throughout the day, but we had a lot of time to relax at the airport on our two planes and at the hotel. Once we landed in the Dominican Republic, it was about a thirty minute drive to Santo Domingo, where we...

Dispatch from the Dominican Republic: Arrived Safely

March 23, 2017March 23, 2017Blog Editor

Our group has arrived safely in the Dominican Republic! Group leader Sarah Kelly wrote in an email earlier today: Thank you all for being early this morning! It took us over an hour to get checked in and through security, so we arrived to the gate as they started boarding! Remember to check...