Dia Vente

The rain came down and the prayers went up, the rain came down and the prayers went up and the house in the DR stood firm. By the sound of the torrent outside our bedroom window during the night I am glad we are not floating away. It did let up to a mere drizzle of and on today. Herman , Leona and Angelo went over to the house to work on the dog house and benches. I stayed home , went to the vegetable market and the meat market to pick up supplies for lunch oh and I picked up an umbrella for on the way home, glad I did the drizzle picked up speed. I busied myself with preparing the hamburger stew, making bread and doing dishes. They came home had lunch rested till 2 , everything closes here for siesta from 12 to 2. They needed to go to the local hardware store for a few things to finish their projects out at Leona's place. While they were gone for the afternoon I finished the bread and gave the bathroom a good cleaning and organized some of Leona's stuff for her move. Now it is near 6 pm and we are sitting arround shooting the breeze, while it continues to pitter patter outside, probably no long walk tonight.

Dia diecenueve

Hola from a cloudy day in the DR. The first cloudy. showery day we have had. The other times we had rain it was in the evening or during the night. In between showers it was still balmy and nice for walks. Speaking of which we just came back from an hour and a half walk, its interesting just to walk and see all the diversity in the houseing and the wealth .
Well to day we did get the truck again and early so that was great, they picked up the table Herman made at the school and a couch and 2 chairs and a coffee table that a friend Johnathan had left behind with Angelo. Herman was hoping to make a dog house today and some benches for her table but the power did not come on this afternoon at her house so he couldn't. We did give the furniture a good wash, it is that rattan and was very dirty and dusty, then we put the new covers on that I made and it looks fantastic. I forgot to get pictures of it today so will do that tomorrow to show you. We waited a bit but then decided to go home and come back early tomorrow and try again.
Here in Jan's house she has an inverter, it is a battery back up for when the power goes of, so we have not been in the dark here which has been really great.
Not a real exciting day , somewhat productive and lots of fun anyway.
Hasta luego

Leona's little Honda.
Daniella in yellow
the last one is our busy corner we live close too

day eighteen

Well we were planning to get a lot done today but somehow when you have to wait for others and their truck it never goes as you would hope. So there was a bit of sitting arround today for the guys not me. It is Monday and so there was laundry to do, and we are getting company for supper so there is that to prepare for plus having to go and walk into town for the stuff I will need for it. I had to finish rolling the croquettes and made some yeast cinnamon rolls so that kept me going plus some reading and relaxing in between.
The truck finally arrived arround 4 so of they went to pick up some lumber and other stuff they needed and brought it to Leona's new place, they were caught in a downpour while on the way. By the time they got back about 7 I had supper ready , we had roasted potatoes , coleslaw and croquettes , they were good. There were 7 for supper Laine, Caitlin, Angelo, Leona, Carmen Herman and myself, plus we sent a little doggie bag home with Carmen for her husband and daughter.
So they have big plans again tomorrow, we will see what happens, one needs patience here and no use getting to excited about things, it eventually will get done if not today then tomorrow.

More Birthday Pictures

This the birthday party, the twins are in the first picture.
The second are all the cousins that were over.
The third picture is the boom boxes that blare the music around town.
Herman eating ice cream


and my view from my pew this morning

Day seventeen

Sunday the Lord's Day we went again to Escuela Caribe to worship with them. It was good to be there. We drove home and had a coffee with Leona. Angelo was picked up by a friend and went to LaVega to help with a prison ministry. They have a prison there with about 700 inmates, so quite a challenging ministry, he was gone most of the day.
We took it easy most of the day , took a walk into town , it is the final day of carnival so lots of loud music. Leona went to her church at 4:30 and picked up 4 ladies from the brothel to take to church as well. She said the text that the minister preached on was where the woman is caught in adultery and Jesus says go sin no more, it was very pertinent, God's timing is always perfect.
This evening we went to Denia's for supper and celebrate the twins birthday.There were lots of cousins arround , all having a good time. The cakes I made were devoured quickly.
Now we are home again and ready to call it a night.Hope you are all careful on those icy roads.