tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41985848835903798782024-03-13T04:50:07.265-04:00Escuela Caribe BlogEscuela Caribe/Mountain View Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127229195477588220noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198584883590379878.post-9471938048053263272011-08-01T15:51:00.000-04:002011-08-01T15:51:55.599-04:00Building a Bridge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWnwzQ5jFzZsMwrL6BaFt4oyf_E26iA0wQhs4qASjpJr0Ko6ND3H-aN8fUyY4WpIqUVX79_lcI1JBL2PRf4H8h0fCqN9PNlpejnZUMp81pcZI_yVGFKYFPCo-Qmj7SMSYqOSFg9jsZUQyk/s1600/IMG_1298.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWnwzQ5jFzZsMwrL6BaFt4oyf_E26iA0wQhs4qASjpJr0Ko6ND3H-aN8fUyY4WpIqUVX79_lcI1JBL2PRf4H8h0fCqN9PNlpejnZUMp81pcZI_yVGFKYFPCo-Qmj7SMSYqOSFg9jsZUQyk/s640/IMG_1298.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There is "building a bridge" in a figurative sense, and then there is "building a bridge" in a literal sense. A few weeks ago, the Escuela Caribe staff and students helped to build a bridge, LITERALLY. How fun is that? ("Amazing and super fun!" I hear you say!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifMLDwS7Pt8ojp2NtGebNKZxCsiqnZ1O3QZvdOTw7ALhlUuJtbHLnoTeybD90fmUmuDQjCgQhyphenhyphenGiVL82rUp7sb1UI1YNRNn1OMUnFNs4QDvJOJxNqJLxPwyHfk03VwfQgifefdN2U6CV8S/s1600/IMG_1296.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifMLDwS7Pt8ojp2NtGebNKZxCsiqnZ1O3QZvdOTw7ALhlUuJtbHLnoTeybD90fmUmuDQjCgQhyphenhyphenGiVL82rUp7sb1UI1YNRNn1OMUnFNs4QDvJOJxNqJLxPwyHfk03VwfQgifefdN2U6CV8S/s640/IMG_1296.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The students spent several days working alongside an incoming mission team building a bridge across the river for a little community outside of Jarabacoa.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">How often can a teenager (or any adult or regular person) say that they helped to build a bridge? There have been many unique opportunities for service this summer, and it has been amazing to witness the students work so hard for others! </div>Escuela Caribe/Mountain View Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127229195477588220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198584883590379878.post-16149741190226994302011-07-08T12:56:00.000-04:002011-07-08T12:56:52.892-04:00Boys' Pico PhotosThe boys returned last Saturday after a week long trip climbing Pico Duarte, the highest peak in the Caribbean. They had great weather all week and enjoyed their time!<br />
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The female students are currently climbing Pico, and their photos will be posted upon their return.<br />
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Here are some photos from the Boys' Pico trip 2011.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The edge of the valley in view . . . .</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">A very refreshing bathing hole . . . </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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For the summer, the students begin each day with a little hike (10 minute walk) at 6 a.m. to do group devotions at a beautiful spot that overlooks Jarabacoa.<br />
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During the first week of MVA, Kingdom Builders Ministries (KBM) led a special youth group for the students complete with a time of testimonies, singing, praising and coke floats. It was a beautiful thing to watch the college aged, discipleship students of KBM interact with, pray for and touch the heart of our students in a powerful way. We ate together, talked together, wrestled together and prayed together.<br />
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The Sungrove Church Youth Group came midweek and immediately jumped into putting on a Vacation Bible School for local, Dominican children with the aid of the Escuela Caribe students - also a beautiful thing! Behold:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">What happens when an incoming mission team (like Sungrove Youth Group) breaks out the face paint during VBS for local Dominican Children!</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>A community movie night for the local Dominican community (kids, shoeshine boys who work in town, etc) happened on the first Friday night. The students and staff served our Dominican guests popcorn and juice and provided transportation to and from the school for those who lived in town. It was chaotic, loud, and a learning experience (and hopefully a blessing to our guests!)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dominican Shoe Shine Boys Ronnie and Jesus before the movie started.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had around 100 people with the mission groups, Escuela Caribe and local Dominicans!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emily, pretty as a picture, with the Geyers at the movie night.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>During the second week of MVA, the Escuela Caribe students led a youth group for Escuela Caribe, Sungrove, and KBM. Let me just tell you, the Escuela Caribe students did AWESOME! Their hearts were to serve the other teams who had both poured into them so much. Jay was the MC for the evening and did a fabulous job of keeping things moving, introducing speakers, and keeping everything light-hearted. Many of the students, Nina, Nancy, Lauren P., Melanie, Cody and Marcel, chose to share their testimonies, which was HUGE for many of them. Their stories were such a blessing to the group and many of the visiting team members commented on how touched they were. It was an amazing night!<br />
Unfortunately, I didn't take any photos on this night. I did take a video on my ipod from the casita road in front of my house where you could hear praises ringing from the inside of my house, but I can't get it to load right now!!! What you need to know is that this night was a VERY SPECIAL night!<br />
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During that same week, Escuela Caribe staff and students along with the Sungrove youth group headed off to San Cristobal, where we served a local church by cleaning up and painting for them in their conference center. It was very hot and tiring, but our students did amazingly well!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We painted one of several dormitory areas for the conference center.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sarah found her "happy place" in the conference center kitchen.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emily and Sam take a break from the rakes!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What happens when you paint in close proximity to a large group of people all in the same area . . . </td></tr>
</tbody></table> We also visited a Haitian batey, which involved lots of playing, piggy back rides, etc. for Haitian children.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr. Raposa being very Raposa like along with Nancy and Lauren.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Actions can often overcome language barriers, as displayed by Steve and Leah Cofield.</td></tr>
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After that we headed to a local beach, Playa Palenque, where we enjoyed some big waves and good times in the caribbean! <br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div>On the last day of the trip, we visited one of the former Dominican dictator's (Rafael Trujilo) castles/homes.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The boys in the parking lot of the Trujilo home.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">There is a very good reason why Sarah Geyer has a disturbed look on her face. There were several parts of this tour that were hard to swallow.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For more information on who the Mirabal sisters were, click <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirabal_sisters">here</a>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wow. The paintings on the walls were incredibly detailed and authentic.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from the top was of all of San Cristobal and Santo Domingo in the background.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was really bright up there! This is everyone from Escuela Caribe who was on the trip to San Cristobal.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ms. Hundley and Ms. Wittrig</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lauren </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jay really wanted me to take this photo to look like he was escaping from the Trujilo fortress.</td></tr>
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We had an interesting tour and were reminded of how freely we have lived. Click <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Trujillo">here</a> if you would like to know more about Trujilo.<br />
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For the beginning of the third week, Escuela Caribe took a trip to Sosua beach, meeting the Sungrove youth group there. Lots of vitamin D was received and everyone seemed to enjoy fun in the sun.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready to snorkel!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eventually she concocted a special raft for her arm so that she could float around worry free!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Sungrove Youth Group led the last youth group this past week right before their departure. Games were played.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thanks Sungrove Youth Group! We heart you!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Only a few weeks into the summer, the staff and students of Escuela Caribe have already experienced so much! In fact, each of these events could and should be their own separate post! (My apologies for letting the activities build up and then having to smush them into one gigantic post!)Escuela Caribe/Mountain View Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127229195477588220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198584883590379878.post-87657237469528200842011-06-28T13:06:00.000-04:002011-06-28T13:06:03.613-04:00Boys' Pico Departure Pics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Hello Dear Parents! I apologize for the long gap in blog posts. I have been hosting groups and traveling with students on some of the trips. I have a L-O-N-G post headed your way about the first three weeks of summer, but first I wanted to give you some pictures of the boys' getting ready to load up for Pico Duarte.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready for the climb or has he just received his snack bag from his house mom?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jay-vy, Jay-vy Crocket!</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Today (Tuesday) is their longest hike of the trip. They will be hiking all day long. The weather as of noon today is slightly overcast and breezy. There are several new students who just arrived in time for this trip, and wow, what an introduction to the Dominican Republic will they get. Meanwhile, the female students are headed out for a fun afternoon at a Salon getting their hairs done. However, this time next week, they will be in the great outdoors!Escuela Caribe/Mountain View Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127229195477588220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198584883590379878.post-64567575759112918452011-06-15T18:15:00.001-04:002011-06-15T18:15:30.469-04:00New summer program photos are herecheck out the web site to see our new summer photos of all the kids.<br>They are amazing.<p>-- <br>Cindy Hundley MA, EMT<br>Escuela Caribe Medical Services Manager<br>Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic, West IndiesEscuela Caribe/Mountain View Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127229195477588220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198584883590379878.post-3569286878122615922011-06-06T13:36:00.000-04:002011-06-06T13:36:37.498-04:00Weekend Review June 4, 5The weekends at Escuela Caribe have been shortened by one day for the summer program, which officially began today. Not to worry, in place of 1 free day a week, the students will have MANY opportunities for service projects, exploring the island, etc.<br />
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In a future blog, I will highlight more information about the summer program, but for now, let's review the most recent weekend.<br />
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<u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Saturday Night Family Unity</span></b></u>:<br />
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<span style="color: magenta;">Lance house girls</span> grilled steaks and watched the movie "Remember the Dogmen."<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">TKB boys</span> played a game where they dressed up like someone on campus and put on a skit until the other house mates guessed the mystery person. They also played hide -n- go seek in the dark, and "vegged" out on banana peanut butter cake and snickerdoodles. <br />
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<span style="color: magenta;">Lance house</span> played basketball and later in the evening played cards.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">TKB boys</span> had a Corn Hole tournament. (The Championship game is to be played tomorrow night between The Cofield's and Brian and Cody). They boys helped to make Mall Pretzels for a snack, followed by board games and chill time.<br />
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</div>Escuela Caribe/Mountain View Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127229195477588220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198584883590379878.post-46220953320558458362011-06-03T10:11:00.000-04:002011-06-03T10:11:47.946-04:00Weekend Review May 28, 29, 30<b>Saturday Night Family Unity:</b><br />
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The girls at <span style="color: magenta;">Lance house</span> enjoyed another fabulous Dominican meal, beef guisado take 2, prepared by Nina<b>! </b>After wards, the Geyers and dinner guests, Grant Anderson and Jessica Sullivan, taught the girls how to play the card game pinnacle. <br />
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<span style="color: blue;">TKB</span> played Cranium with 2 teams and "stuffed our faces with desserts (mini cheesecakes, banana wafer pudding, and popcorn), " according to housemom Leah Cofield.<br />
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<b>Sunday afternoon:</b><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;">Lance house</span> continued with their card playing frenzy and played spades, gin, pinnacle and various other card games.<b> </b><br />
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<div><span style="color: blue;">TKB boys</span> played basketball, hockey and ping-pong. </div><br />
<b>Monday free day:</b><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;">Lance house</span> worked in the garden, played cards, went into town for lunch at a Dominican restaurant called Rico NeNe's. In the evening, Mr. Anderson came for dinner again and everyone enjoyed orange chicken. Most nights the girls have been doing group devotionals in which they study the bible together and have a discussion.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">TKB</span> got to sleep in and lounge in their PJ's. They had a big brunch (blueberry muffins, peach braid, pancakes, bacon, fruit) and then caramel popcorn while they watched G-Force. Later, some of the boys worked out, while others played board games. They also went into town so they could shop, then had a corn hole tournament, which Brian and Cody won.<br />
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Last week all of the students worked really hard doing projects around the Escuela Caribe campus during work week. They scrubbed and painted the outside of many of the buildings on lower campus, and worked in the flowerbeds pulling weeds and beautifying the lower campus. Here are some photos I snapped of some of them as they were walking by (transferring loads of banana bread for incoming mission teams to another freezer) as I was pulling out of the parking lot :) (Yes, you can think of me as the Escuela Caribe Papparazi! I pop out of unexpected places with my camera ready to photograph the students!)<br />
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And now, full steam ahead for summer! The summer program officially begins on Monday. In the near future, I will highlight some of the upcoming activities, which are focused on serving Dominicans and those around us, understanding and appreciating the host culture through various kinds of interactions, working alongside incoming, short term mission teams and learning about and enjoying many of the sights this island has to offer. It should be a glorious time of growth for all involved!Escuela Caribe/Mountain View Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127229195477588220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198584883590379878.post-82371090942116455042011-05-25T14:26:00.000-04:002011-05-25T14:26:35.348-04:00Weekend Review May 21, 22, 23<b>Saturday Night Family Unity:</b><br />
Lance House: Nancy and Nina cooked a fabulous Dominican dinner of beef guisado and then the girls played monopoly.<br />
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TKB: The boys made brownie ice cream sundaes and did kareoke. I hear that there was LOTS of laughing.<br />
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<b>Sunday Afternoon:</b><br />
Lance house hosted a slip-n-slide for local Dominican children (+ staff kids) and had a hair washing station. (I will post pictures of this in a separate blog in the near future!)<br />
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TKB house played basketball and lifted weights.<br />
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<b>Monday Freeday:</b><br />
Lance house had a quiet, lazy day. They had a late breakfast of biscuits and gravy and then played spades and did hair and make-up. They had orange chicken for dinner and watched the movie "What about Bob."<br />
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TKB boys picked up trash along a stretch of the road in Jarabacoa. They picked up ten 30 gallon containers of trash in about a 1 mile area! They had lunch in the park, and played basketball with Dominicans in town. Later in the evening, they played a good ol' fashioned game of hide-and-seek.Escuela Caribe/Mountain View Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127229195477588220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198584883590379878.post-59850415560841810192011-05-21T10:08:00.001-04:002011-05-21T10:08:51.170-04:00new photos: a lot of themDear Parents,<br>Easter photos are up as well as some other photos: please check out<br>the photos as I think you will like them a lot. Sorry it has been<br>some time but apparently something was wrong with the site.<p>-- <br>Cindy Hundley MA, EMT<br>Escuela Caribe Medical Services Manager<br>Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic, West IndiesEscuela Caribe/Mountain View Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127229195477588220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198584883590379878.post-44824179567346522252011-05-19T21:02:00.000-04:002011-05-19T21:02:49.710-04:00Weekend Review May 14, 15, 16<b>Saturday Night Family Unity:</b><br />
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Lance house went to a movie night at the house of Kate Grey, who is a volunteer math/science tutor at Escuela Caribe, who has 7 children of her own, and still manages to do a Saturday night movie ministry for Dominican kids who live around the Gray house. I think you might be very interested to <a href="http://blogs.mcc.us/grayfamily/?p=258&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GrayFamily+%28Gray+Family+Blog%29">click here</a> to find out more about this particular evening, in which the movie night was hosted for the local shoe shine boys.<br />
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TKB had a Talent Show in which a wide variety of talents were displayed: guitar playing, Jesus rapping, a hip hop dance, and a one man re-enactment of the Civil War (go Jay!)<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Sunday afternoon:</b></span><br />
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Lance house played kickball, baseball and other games involving a ball with the Dominican children who live immediately around the school. You would be AMAZED to see how many kids live right here on the bumpy, little road up to Escuela Caribe.<b> </b><br />
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TKB played basketball in the afternoon for several hours.<br />
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<b>Monday Freeday:</b><br />
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Lance house went to school on Monday, but had their free day on Thursday so that they could go to Kascada Park, a Dominican waterpark in Santiago.<b> </b><br />
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TKB made homemade doughnuts and delivered them to all of the campus in the morning. Then they went to a local orphanage, The Ark, and played with the children there. After that, they cooked a meal for Gloria, a widow that lives just beyond the school, and stayed at her house and visited with her in her home. For dinner, they enjoyed Gilberto's, and there was an impromptu "Make up your own Superhero" contest. Among the contestants, were Old Spice Diamond King, Captain Underpants, Dumbest Superhero, Japanese Warrior, Toilet Paper woman, Toothepaste Warrior, and Iron Man/ Iron Woman.Escuela Caribe/Mountain View Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127229195477588220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198584883590379878.post-65414223033774232552011-05-16T14:28:00.000-04:002011-05-16T14:28:37.846-04:00Retro Post: Silent Football from last Mother's visitA pictoral review of the game Silent Football from the March '11 Mother's visit:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Identical laughter!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Like a gorgeous bloom opening up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh the nervous laugh of someone who is indoctrinated into the game of silent football.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Her past experience playing silent football did not save her from "I'm a little teapot short and stout."</td></tr>
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As I am typing this I can hear the boys outside playing basketball on the basketball court, and the girls are down in the front field playing games with local Dominican children. The sun is beaming down and it's a fair bit muggy, but all in all, it's a beautiful day!<br />
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*Be forewarned that I'm going to post some pictures that I took from the last Mother's visit soon - most of them were from the Silent Football game where some of you sat nervously and hoped to not suffer humiliation and/or embarrassment. Good times.<br />
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Okay, without further rambling on my part, here is the weekend review from last weekend:<br />
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<b>Saturday Night Family Unity:</b><br />
Lance house went to visit one of their housemates who had been sick and was hospitalized.<br />
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TBK house had a chinese themed evening in which they dressed up, ate culturally typical food: orange chicken, rice, egg drop soup, and fortune cookies. In addition, they ate on the floor, used chopsticks and played a typical Chinese "tag" game. They were only allowed to speak in Chinese and played a game where they had to decifer a "code" written in Chinese. <br />
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<b>Sunday Afternoon:</b><br />
There was a Good-Bye Reception after church on behalf of Mr. Owen Postma who departed a few days later.<br />
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Lance house girls took some initiative and cleaned up around the basketball court, clearing debri and other obstructions (cow patties!) on and around the court. Then they all played basketball.<br />
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TKB boys all helped cook lunch for Mother's Day. After that they watched some TV, played boardgames, basketball, and ping-pong. They enjoyed some skim ice after all was said and done. <br />
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<b>Monday Freeday:</b><br />
Lance house had a service project day on the campus. They invited local children to come to campus and play games, and then after wards they cleaned up the Escuela Caribe playground, scrubbing the little tikes slide, repainting the tire obstacle course, clearing debries, etc. (The Sawyer kids totally noticed that this had been done and loved the new brightly painted tires! They were very appreciative.)<br />
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TKB<b> </b>took a day trip to Santiago where they walked around the Cathedral and observed while others participated in a Catholic Prayer Service. This was followed by lunch in the park, and shopping on Calle Del Sol. A gourmet dinner was consumed at Burger King, visits to 2 malls were made and there was game playing at an arcade.Escuela Caribe/Mountain View Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127229195477588220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198584883590379878.post-65981475270273944432011-05-08T16:04:00.021-04:002011-05-08T16:33:41.727-04:00One thing I love about my mom is . . . .<div style="text-align: left;"><br />
<div>This post is LOADED with photos (because I'm a "more is more" type of gal, which likely works in your favor with this blog, hopefully!) Towards the end of the post (mostly because I can't get the photos to load in the order that I want them to!) you will find photos of the <b>"One thing I love about my mom"</b> project. The rest of these photos are from youth group at my house last week, Enjoy!</div></div><br />
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HAPPPPPPPPY Mother's Day! In case you didn't catch it, below is the link to the EC Mother's Day Slideshow.<br />
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I realized as I was watching the slideshow in church this morning with the students, that some of the hearts are difficult to read either because of pen color choice, fancy and/or messy handwriting, etc. SO, I am posting the pictures below with the captions of what each heart said. <br />
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I pray that even with the massive and obvious hole that you feel because of your child being away from home, that you would today be encouraged, knowing that the Lord aims to restore your family, and that you would be enveloped with His mighty love for you and your child. So, without further ado . . . .<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can go all day. Speed. Never Stop. Awesome. Energetic. Unique. Love you.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">I love how she's amazingly supportive. Great Listener. Patience. Caring. Smart. Her Smile. She loves me (no matter what.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loving. Always there for me. Hard working. A lot of patience. Smart. Beautiful.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S9YPFfNzle4/Tcbj15hHXsI/AAAAAAAAAJo/hsc_01NyTfU/s1600/DSC_1151.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S9YPFfNzle4/Tcbj15hHXsI/AAAAAAAAAJo/hsc_01NyTfU/s640/DSC_1151.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great Cook. The Boss. Wise. Patient. Great Leader. Good looking. Smart.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aUrkisxu5m0/TcbkOjok-WI/AAAAAAAAAJs/PGZLi8rFbPQ/s1600/DSC_1161.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aUrkisxu5m0/TcbkOjok-WI/AAAAAAAAAJs/PGZLi8rFbPQ/s640/DSC_1161.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Real mom. Love me no matter what. Happy Mother's Day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UY2By2yxwBI/TcbkZs8VPPI/AAAAAAAAAJw/mGQvpEVdAbE/s1600/DSC_1164.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UY2By2yxwBI/TcbkZs8VPPI/AAAAAAAAAJw/mGQvpEVdAbE/s640/DSC_1164.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love you so much mom. Thank you for adopting me. Happy Mother's Day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One thing I love about mom is that she never gave up on me.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vogqbn_ZuSI/TcbkzBz1QnI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/evTubXLsj-w/s1600/DSC_1169.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vogqbn_ZuSI/TcbkzBz1QnI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/evTubXLsj-w/s640/DSC_1169.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One thing I love about my mom: You always came to every basketball game. You're the best!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VI9wC4EMKys/Tcbk_U4ZxEI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/iRJdjvkbkyo/s1600/DSC_1174.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="425" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VI9wC4EMKys/Tcbk_U4ZxEI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/iRJdjvkbkyo/s640/DSC_1174.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One thing I love about my mom: her unconditional love for me and she's always there for me.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EBBomtC8G3w/TcblL4qEngI/AAAAAAAAAKA/g-R3vW4axWs/s1600/DSC_1176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EBBomtC8G3w/TcblL4qEngI/AAAAAAAAAKA/g-R3vW4axWs/s640/DSC_1176.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One thing I love about my mom: your laugh, your wisdom, your love, your smile!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qCJ2qHVLtRE/TcblySvyh-I/AAAAAAAAAKE/G2wuLJby72Y/s1600/DSC_0255.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qCJ2qHVLtRE/TcblySvyh-I/AAAAAAAAAKE/G2wuLJby72Y/s640/DSC_0255.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><blockquote>Her musical talent and her honesty.</blockquote><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">Finally, here is a poem that the Escuela Caribe Business Manager, Taty Hernandez, who also happens to be famous in these parts as a poet, wrote for her mother. It is in Spanish, and then translated into English. Taty wasn't sure about the English translation, but I left it as she translated it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.727469737874344" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Mamá</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Mía. Dulce. Fuerte. Mamá</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Visión de mis luchas.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Ruta de mis extravíos.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Caudal en mis sequías.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Orto de mis despertares.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Granos somos del mismo trigo.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Mujer. Afrodita. Mamá. Amazona.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Carne de mi misma tierra.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Antorcha de mis conflictos.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Paciencia de mis búsquedas.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Aliento en mis desencuentros.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Piedras somos del mismo río.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Planeta. Mamá. Volcán. Cascada.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Parque de mis rutinas.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Chispa de mis sentidos.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Azúcar que apaga mis hieles.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Manta que cobija mis heladas.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Troncos somos del mismo bosque.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Titán. Trino. Árbol. Mamá.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Mástil de mi velero.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Aceite de mis sobriedades.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Embarcadero de mis bocetos.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Brisa suave de mis huracanes.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Aguas somos de un mismo estanque.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Gigante. Montaña. Mía. Mamá</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.727469737874344" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Mom</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Mine. Kind. Strong. Mom.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Vision of my struggles.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Route of my mistake.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Flow in my drought.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Dawn of my awakening.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">We are grains of the same wheat.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Woman. Aphrodite. Mom. Amazon.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Flesh of my own land</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Torch of my conflicts.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Patience of my searches.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Breath in my disagreements.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">We are stones of the same river.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Planet. Mom. Volcano. Cascade.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Park my routines.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Spark of my senses.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Sugar off my gall.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Blanket that cover my frost.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">We are logs of the same forest.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Titan. Sing. Tree. Mom.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Mast of my sailboat.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Oil of my sobriety.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Landing of my sketches.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Breeze of my hurricanes.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">We are waters of the same pond.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Giant. Mountain. Mine. Mom.</span></span></div></td></tr>
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</span></span>Escuela Caribe/Mountain View Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127229195477588220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198584883590379878.post-75133851351289752642011-05-03T12:26:00.000-04:002011-05-03T12:26:23.749-04:00Weekend Review May 1 & 2<strong><span style="font-size: large;"><u></u></span></strong><br />
<strong>Saturday Night Family Unity</strong>:<br />
Lance house had a relaxing barbeque dinner with guest staff member, Owen Postma, who will be leaving Escuela Caribe next week. <br />
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TKB house had a WORSHIP & WRESTLING event around a bonfire. I could hear shouts of "SHOUT TO THE LORD LET THE EARTH PRAISE HIS NAME!" along with "GET HIM! TAKE HIM DOWN! DON'T QUIT!" from my house just down the hill! The boys had a waterballon war, made smores around the bonfire while singing praise music. Afterwards, the young men were curious if any of them could wrestle their housefather, Steven Cofield, to the ground (oh the minds of testosterone filled teenage boys!) which explains why I heard things like "GET HIM!" drifting down the hill to my house! The answer to the question, "Can any of us take down Mr. Cofield?" is "Only if we all join forces and take him down while his back his turned and he is doing something else!" They each had an individual chance to sort this out, which led them to plot, scheme, distract and gang up on their adversary to accomplish their goal.<br />
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<strong>Sunday afternoon</strong>:<br />
There was a Pasta Potluck following church on Sunday. The students and staff left STUFFED with yummy pastas. In a few days, I will post (because I love you that much!) Leah Cofield's recipe for Cheesy Alfredo sauce and Chris Linehan's Sweet and Spicy Pasta, two of the yummy dishes that were consumed at the potluck.<br />
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Later in the afternoon, some of the girls (Carter, Lauren, Melanie) participated in p.e./recreation activities with all of the boys, who played kickball and basketball. The rest of the girls planted various vegetables in the garden.<br />
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<strong>Monday Freeday (In):</strong><br />
The girls were disappointed that they could not do what was originally planned for this day (horseback riding) because of the rain, and instead had a Lance House Salon where they straightened each other's hair, did makeovers, painted toes & fingers, etc. Mackenzie and Nancy plaed Risk with the Geyers, and the other girls played canasta and cards. They also watched the movies Step Up and Toy Story III (which they all LOVED!)<br />
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The boys worked in the yard, watched Toy Story III and enjoyed shishkabobs and homemade caramel corn on their freeday. A good time was had by all!Escuela Caribe/Mountain View Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127229195477588220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198584883590379878.post-73376923622705076352011-04-27T08:54:00.000-04:002011-04-27T08:54:19.618-04:00The Jarabacoa MarathonPossibly the shortest marathon one could ever run, since it is approximately 7 miles as opposed to 26 miles, the Jarabacoa Marathon does not disappoint. Short on distance, but big on scenery and character, the Jarabacoa marathon happens every year just before Easter, and each year Escuela Caribe students and staff, train to run in it. <br />
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</div><div>This year, staff members Miss Adams and Mr. Linehan, along with students Mackenzie, Melanie, Jay, Alex, Cody, Marcel, Miguel and Sam, ran the rocky streets and sun bathed back roads lined with Dominicans eager to cheer them on. The students practiced twice a week for about 6 weeks leading up to the race, and Marcel was Escuela Caribe's fastest participant. </div><div><br />
</div><div>For Marcel, one of the most difficult parts about the race was the fact that on the back roads Dominicans offered "encouragement" in the form of dousing racers with buckets of water as they passed. Since he was "encouraged" early on, he had to run the race in soggy socks and shoes, which literally put a damper on things for him. </div><div><br />
</div><div>However, for Cody and Alex, the random cups and buckets of water offered by the race fans was more of a highlight. Having run the race last year, Alex enjoyed it more this year and even won a t-shirt (along with Marcel and Makenzie). He said that it was more fun with more people from Escuela Caribe running in the marathon this year. <br />
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Cody expressed that at one point, a Dominican toddler clothed in only a smile and armed with a small bucket of water, ran out in the road to partake in the ceremonial dousing of runners. Cody really enjoyed running thru the town, though the race was more difficult than he anticipated, he said it was a "once in a life time experience."<br />
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Miguel and Cody agreed that their sprint/stop/weeze/sprint strategy was not necessarily the best approach to the race. Miguel was slightly perturbed that the cheering Dominicans on the side of the road were not very obedient when he asked them NOT to spill water on him, and he stated with a grin that the race was a one time deal for him as well.</div><div><br />
</div><div>For Sam, the race was long and hard. He said maybe with some more training he might do it again, but he really enjoyed the opportunity to meet new people. Mr. Yoder, who disciples Sam, ran the last part of the race with him, and so they finished it together.<br />
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Jay, with all of his energy and exhuberance, also felt that the race was harder than expected. He felt that the immediate brutal, uphill start right out off the bat was a little extreme, and said that he *maybe* would do the race again if he had a chance. <br />
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While Melanie was running the course, she ran across a couple of little Dominican girls whom she had played with during a previous service project out in the community. She said that after they greeted her with big hugs, that they grabbed her by the hands and ran alongside her . . . for about 5 minutes.<br />
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Makenzie really enjoyed the race and felt that it was not as hard as she imagined. She said that she could have pushed herself harder, but that the experience in general was very positive. She also enjoyed the encouragement, real encouragement rather than water dousing encouragement, of the Dominican children along the way.<br />
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The students did a great job training for and running the Jarabacoa Marathon, and we are very proud of them.<br />
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</div><div></div></div>Escuela Caribe/Mountain View Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127229195477588220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198584883590379878.post-6300771671526315782011-04-26T16:48:00.001-04:002011-04-26T16:48:32.853-04:00Easter week and weekendHi all,<br>Happy Easter. We sure had a full week of things to do and see. I<br>had written you earlier about the events we would do, but instead of<br>doing the cross carrying program up our casita, we took the kids into<br>town on Friday and watched the Dominicans re-enact the whole thing. I<br>will be posting photos on Picasa soon of this entire week's events.<br>Then on Saturday the marathon happened which Rachel Sawyer will post<br>on the blog for you to see. Sunday we woke up and were seated at TKB<br>on the hill by 6 am. The sun was already peeking over the hills and<br>then we had a song and Steve Frew preached. We then headed down to<br>have some movies: Veggie Tales (If you have NEVER watched Veggie<br>Tales you really are missing out on life) They are great and you<br>learn a lot from them. The kids then hunted Easter eggs and found<br>tons of candy inside the plastic egg shells. They began eating all<br>the candy and really did not have room for the huge breakfast of<br>french toast, syrup, ham and fruit salad. I had two boys have a<br>contest though to see how many french toast they could eat. One at 7<br>and the other one 10. UGH.<p>The kids returned to their houses and had a nap, and had their own<br>Easter egg baskets there. In the evening a huge meal was made at each<br>of the houses and the food was fantastic. They all watched a movie<br>after that.<p>On Monday, the girls house did an all day service project by planting<br>trees and then went to the river and jumped in clothes and all because<br>they were so dirty. They also went to eat in town and back for<br>another movie.<p>The boys hiked Flat Top (mountain to the side of us) and went to the<br>river and then ate in town and also watched a movie.<p>I hope your Easter week was just as busy as ours. Photos will be up soon.<p>-- <br>Cindy Hundley MA, EMT<br>Escuela Caribe Medical Services Manager<br>Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic, West IndiesEscuela Caribe/Mountain View Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127229195477588220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198584883590379878.post-77291062574098955662011-04-20T10:25:00.001-04:002011-04-20T10:25:26.851-04:00weekly update for Sunday and Monday 4/17 and 4/18/11Dear Parents,<br>We have had a very good week of sunshine and coolness. The students<br>continue to work on their classes as the trimester is shortly wrapping<br>up as of May 28th. Our summer program will begin after that and we<br>will have a different program for all the students during the summer.<p>This last freeday the boys had a great time riding horses here in<br>Jarabacoa. I will post photos soon so that you can see what they did.<p>The girls had a less exciting freeday as they stayed around the house,<br>worked on each others' hair, painted toe nails and finger nails. They<br>did have a blast making a slip and slide which they set up on the<br>inclined soccer field in front of Thomas house.<p>We are going into the Easter weekend and we will have lots of pictures<br>to post for you soon. On Friday we will be doing the Stations of the<br>Cross (carrying a large cross up the casita and doing readings from<br>the Bible about the Lord's sufferrings. On Saturday several of our<br>students will participate in the Jarabacoa Marathon (not actually a<br>marathon) but a 12 mile run. On Sunday we will wake up at 5:30 am and<br>have a sunrise service below TKB house. We will then have a brunch<br>down at school, an Easter Egg hunt (eggs filled with candy) and then<br>in the afternoon a very big Easter dinner. Photos will be posted next<br>week.<p>Hope you all have a great Easter.<p>-- <br>Cindy Hundley MA, EMT<br>Escuela Caribe Medical Services Manager<br>Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic, West IndiesEscuela Caribe/Mountain View Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127229195477588220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198584883590379878.post-78850224251390839562011-04-15T08:59:00.001-04:002011-04-15T08:59:24.843-04:00Late update for week ending Monday 4/11/11Dear Parents,<br>I am so sorry I did not send an update this last week but I had a sick<br>student and was at the clinic. He is well now...<br>Anyway, the girls had a good time on Monday as they went shopping<br>again in Santiago, ate at several fast food places: Pizza Hut, Papa<br>John's and McD. Yes it is a huge treat to do the American food thing.<br> They then went to an actual theater and saw a movie.<p>This last week for the boys was one of change. They moved up the hill<br>into TKB house and so were very very busy with cleaning, moving and<br>just getting situated. So they did have a little bit of down time but<br>not a lot. They also have new houseparents.<p>It has been raining and very windy these past few afternoons and<br>nights. We need the rain but the clothes don't get dry....:(<p>Hope you all are doing well.<p><br>-- <br>Cindy Hundley MA, EMT<br>Escuela Caribe Medical Services Manager<br>Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic, West IndiesEscuela Caribe/Mountain View Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127229195477588220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198584883590379878.post-43976128936061275952011-04-05T12:25:00.001-04:002011-04-05T12:25:30.676-04:00Weekly Update4/3 and 4/4/11<p>Dear Parents,<p>We have had a very sunny weekend and today (Tuesday) is windy and<br>cool. Six moms will be arriving soon for the week long mother's<br>working visit. Mrs. Seabrooke will be very busy for sure.<p>The boys' house had a great time on Monday when they headed to the<br>beautiful beach of Playa Grande. The sun was hot and the boys had a<br>blast. They then went to the place called Laguna Du Du where they<br>then jumped off cliffs into the fresh water. It is freezing cold<br>water for sure. UGH. Anyway, it was nice to get all the salt water<br>out of their suits and off their bodies. They then ate pizza, and<br>headed home. On Sunday afternoon they again played ping pong,<br>basketball, soccer and football. They got a lot of exercise.<p>The girls' house on Monday did a full day of planting seedling trees<br>(I hope that is the right term for this) by mixing soils, and placing<br>the seedlings into small bags. These are baby fruit trees. They<br>then went out to eat at Gilberto's chicken stand…If you have never had<br>Gilberto's well you really have missed out. It is excellent and could<br>put Colonel Chicken Fried to shame. Then on Sunday they enjoyed<br>tossing the football and they also set up the volleyball net, though<br>they never actually played volleyball. We are hoping that will change<br>soon.<p>I am asking for photos from the beach and also from the girls' last<br>out freeday and when I get them I will post them for your viewing<br>enjoyment.<p><p><br>-- <br>Cindy Hundley MA, EMT<br>Escuela Caribe Medical Services Manager<br>Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic, West IndiesEscuela Caribe/Mountain View Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127229195477588220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198584883590379878.post-4795327760759993882011-03-29T13:09:00.001-04:002011-03-29T13:09:35.644-04:00Escuela Caribe UpdateHello Parents,<br>Just wanted to catch you up on our week.<p>The boys this week on Sunday played ping pong in the afternoon for<br>physical education. Then on Monday some of the boys went to school<br>because they were behind in their school work while the other boys<br>went to town. They then came back and played games, ping pong and pla<br>que (a Dominican stick game). They had a great dinner of spagetti<br>with meat and some great bread.<p>The girls this week went to the waterfall and had fun jumping into the<br>water from about 20 feet high. They enjoyed the hike there and back.<br>They watched a movie on Sunday and on Monday also.<p>I will post photos of the girls' freeday as soon as I can.Escuela Caribe/Mountain View Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127229195477588220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198584883590379878.post-90162863743522893482011-03-24T11:48:00.000-04:002011-03-24T11:49:06.102-04:00Update 3/24/113/24/11<br>Hello Parents,<br>It is Thursday and I waited to write and sum up the past few days<br>because last night we had Youth Group. A prospective staff member and<br>his wife were here and they are considering the job of Pastor here.<br>He led the youth group time and the kids seemed to enjoy themselves a<br>lot. We all were at the Sawyers' home for the meeting.<p>On Sunday both boys and girls houses played basketball together on our<br>basketball court. There was a lot of tough competition as our girls<br>really are go getters. Watch out boys.<p>Then each house took time to relax and enjoy the sun. The girls did<br>watch a movie and played the game RISK. The boys enjoyed just tossing<br>the football and playing games.<p>On Monday both the boys and girls headed to the river to go swimming,<br>play water games, tube the small rapids and also try their hand at the<br>kayak Mr. Frew had brought to the river. A lot of fun and laughter<br>was heard from the entire group. It then began to sprinkle a bit so<br>some of the river population headed back to campus.<p>We will be starting to have youth group each Wednesday from now on.<br>Last night the kids seemed to enjoy the time they spent together.<p>If you have not looked on the parent portal at the photos of the<br>recent retreat, please do so. They are great.<p>-- <br>Cindy Hundley MA, EMT<br>Escuela Caribe Medical Services Manager<br>Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic, West IndiesEscuela Caribe/Mountain View Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127229195477588220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198584883590379878.post-6015048844265967542011-03-19T10:41:00.001-04:002011-03-19T10:41:42.162-04:00Retreat updateRetreat Wrap Up: March 17, 2001<p>Hi Parents,<p>Just want to let you know what we did for retreat these last four<br>days. The theme for retreat is "Awakening". So there are dead<br>branches from trees all over campus and on them are sprouting "new<br>buds" made of paper and stuff….significant to our own awakening in the<br>spiritual realm. Some of the students asked why the dead trees were<br>used for decorations…..it took them a while to figure the symbolism<br>out.<p>Sunday: We all had breakfast together. The group from Sagemont<br>Church came down and was with us all these 4 days to do retreat<br>together. The other days we all got together by 10 am and did the<br>following. On Sunday was the only day we had to wake up early.<br>We did some games together to get to know each other and we were all<br>embarrassed together. We then did a lot of fun sports games and crazy<br>running around games. We had the Ten Commandments lecture after being<br>hot and tired and after that came LUNCH as we are were totally ready<br>for FOOD. We then had a time to just ask questions on spiritual<br>issues and discuss the answers. It was very insightful. After that<br>we had a choice to either take a nap or do devotions with the Sagemont<br>group. So each student picked what they wanted to do. Then we all<br>came together and did some group and team unity building games. We<br>headed back to the houses to take showers and get ready for DINNER.<br>Yes FOOD again. We ate and then had worship songs and Sagemont<br>brought their own band.. Yep pretty high tech for sure. Then someone<br>from Sagemont gave the nightly message and after that we broke up into<br>girls and guys and had a discussion on what we heard. Those students<br>who were on 3rd and 4th level were able to take an hour away with<br>staff members and do some fun stuff from 9 to 10 each night.<br>Most everyone got to head to bed though at 9 pm. So as you can see<br>our days were full as well as our nights.<p>We also were able to schedule a baptism service down at the river.<br>Students who received permission from their parents were baptized. We<br>had over 6 teens dedicate their lives to Christ during this retreat<br>and many rededicated their lives. I am sure if your teen was one of<br>these that they will share with you in the upcoming parent letter this<br>next week. After the time at the river, we then were given a<br>Hamburger/cheeseburger Bar B Q by the Sagemont group as well as<br>SomeMores around a huge bonfire. We also had a testimony time by both<br>staff and students.<p>The Lord is to be praised by all the changed lives over these past few days.<p><br>-- <br>Cindy Hundley MA, EMT<br>Escuela Caribe Medical Services Manager<br>Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic, West IndiesEscuela Caribe/Mountain View Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127229195477588220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198584883590379878.post-42880340922292990122011-03-18T13:28:00.001-04:002011-03-18T13:28:27.520-04:00Spring RetreatSpring Retreat March 13 to 16., 2001<p>Just wanted everyone to know that even though retreat is over, on<br>Friday night (18th) we are having a big Hamburger bash, Some Mores and<br>a campfire with a testamony time. More information to follow with<br>photos soon to be put on the parent portal. Have to go, am heading to<br>the river as I type.<p>-- <br>Cindy Hundley MA, EMT<br>Escuela Caribe Medical Services Manager<br>Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic, West IndiesEscuela Caribe/Mountain View Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127229195477588220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198584883590379878.post-55440037671015858862011-03-13T17:31:00.001-04:002011-03-13T17:31:46.081-04:00first day of retreat<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Aw4zQN_4GR8/TX03w7j-_sI/AAAAAAAAAIk/g353GHeCyCg/s1600/retreat%2B2011%2BMarch%2Bday%2Bone%2Bam%2B082-706082.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Aw4zQN_4GR8/TX03w7j-_sI/AAAAAAAAAIk/g353GHeCyCg/s320/retreat%2B2011%2BMarch%2Bday%2Bone%2Bam%2B082-706082.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583680426771152578" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UU3pUolxv-E/TX03xZTNjYI/AAAAAAAAAIs/z3PrDi4tqJ4/s1600/retreat%2B2011%2BMarch%2Bday%2Bone%2Bam%2B083-708370.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UU3pUolxv-E/TX03xZTNjYI/AAAAAAAAAIs/z3PrDi4tqJ4/s320/retreat%2B2011%2BMarch%2Bday%2Bone%2Bam%2B083-708370.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583680434753867138" /></a></p>Here are two photos of the first day of retreat. We had a blast. I<br>will put a lot of photos on Picaso after retreat is over. Just wnated<br>you to see these two from out of 300 taken only of today.<p>-- <br>Cindy Hundley MA, EMT<br>Escuela Caribe Medical Services Manager<br>Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic, West IndiesEscuela Caribe/Mountain View Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127229195477588220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198584883590379878.post-52799074641859927402011-03-10T13:25:00.002-05:002011-03-13T17:44:59.717-04:00Fathers Working Visit!!What happened this week here on<br />
campus... Four students had their fathers come down for the father's<br />
working visit. They all had a great time together and discussed a lot<br />
of intense issues. Photos have been posted that were taken duing the<br />
fathers' visit.<br />
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This week has been sunny and bright with a bit of a breeze blowing.<br />
The students had a great first week of classes and got the trimester<br />
off to a good beginning.<br />
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Lance House: Sunday the entire house went to the river and jumped off<br />
rocks and splashed in the river. They then returned to campus and<br />
just had a laid back evening. On Monday several of the girls had<br />
their nails done, several went to school to catch up on school work,<br />
one worked off discipline hours and then they headed into town and had<br />
lunch, ice cream and went shopping. They came home and did the girl<br />
thing of dying their hair and then watched a movie, "The Notebook".<br />
<br />
Thomas House: Sunday the guys walked around campus, relaxed and did<br />
responsibilities and then played ping pong. They relaxed at their<br />
house that evening. On Monday several boys had to attend school to<br />
get caught up in their classes in the morning and then they all went<br />
into town and had lunch and watched a movie in the evening.Escuela Caribe/Mountain View Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127229195477588220noreply@blogger.com0