Hello parents,
On Sunday all the students on campus went down to the pavillion to play "street" hockey with Mr. Frew. Steve Frew is very proud of his Canadian heritage and often takes the time to educate staff and students alike on the joys of hockey. It was a little more of a physically active day then the typical relaxed Sunday we have on campus, but everyone seemed to be having a good time.
This morning I was greeted by the sunburnt faces of Thomas House. Once a month each house has what we call an "Out Free Day", which means that the whole house takes an out-of-town day trip. Thomas house chose to go to Play Grande on the North Coast. For lunch they had peanut butter and jelly sandwiches which they brought along with them. After the beach they went shopping at "La Sirena" (sort of a Dominican Wal-mart) and shopped for an hour. Then home they went and enjoyed a Dominican dinner cooked by Gloria, a Dominican staff of EC. Now that Thomas is temporarily without a housemom, Gloria will be doing most of the cooking. I will also be helping from time to time.
TKB had a more relaxed free day. They had what we call a "Ascaja Service Project Free Day". Ascaja is the local co-op that EC partners with to manufacture our coffee. So the girls spent the morning sorting coffee at Ascaja. In the afternoon they made a swing on the big tree up at the house. Tommy DiEmidio has set up a target on campus for bow and arrow practice, and all the girls enjoyed practicing shooting for the bull's eye. I am told some of them were quite good. :) They ended the day watching the movie "Inception."
Today for lunch we had Rice & Beans, some delicious Roasted Chicken, Cabbage Salad and Watermelon. It was a typical first day of school and as I finish typing this the students are going back up to the houses, happy to be done with school for the day.
Blessings,
Serenity
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