greetings from barahona d.r.

ok so i finally made it to an internet cafe, they'vs been really close by but if theres ever a wait of more than a minute i go home and then end up to lazy to walk back after dinner. anyways...
two weeks in country so far and im really having a great time. the first 2 days after labor day in miami were awsome, monday night shortly after arriving i met up with paul (my cousin) and we crammed his semi truck with 10 people and headed to south beach. the rest of the time in miami was prett chill since tues and weds we had orientation.
we (originally 57 now 54 volunteers) arrived to the DR on thurs the 7th, and stayed in a retreat center and then went on to meet and stay with our host familys the next day. My host family is awsome, mom and dad are really nice and theres a 5 and 7 year old girls and 12 and 14 year old boys. they are all really great.
so heres a list of things ive gotten to do in my two weeks in county:
>kill, pluck, and eat a chicken
>ride in cars and busses crammed with more people and one can imagine
>bathed useing buckets
>bathed in a spring with 6 other people bathing
>gathered water from a stream for the bucket showers at home
>eaten more avocado than i have in my entire life

theres more stuff i just dont have enough time to finish as im down to just 4 minutes of infernet at this place.
all is great im adjusting quite nicely, miss everyone, hope all is well way over there.