Friday, October 20, 2006

in Nagua now

whats up everyone, well just to clarify my last blog i happened to be in Barahona that weekend visiting a volunteer, i actually spent the first three weeks of training in the capital. this month ive been in Nagua which is a small city on the north coast. the first morning i was here i finally made it to my first dominican beach and had a refreshing swim in the ocean. i later found out that the beach is contaminated and not safe for swimming, oops!
so far its been alot of fun out here, we're being kept busy with spanish class, tech training, internships, and we are assigned to a youth group. my internship is in a newly opened computer lab at a catholic church. its pretty boring cuz they have no work for me to do other than answering the few questions that the kids might have. spanish class is held in my front porch so i simply roll outta bed and im there, yet i stilll manage to be late.
so far ive gotten to do some kool stuff out here, the first weekend here we celebrated a volunteers birthday at a club, no i dont kknow how to dance merengue but i faked it. that saturday we were up early for a trip to an uncontaminated beach, that night we went to a party thrown for us by the people of Matancitas which is where 4 of the 17 youth volunteers are staying, about 3 kilometers outside of Nagua. that night was absolutely amazing, we had the beach to ourselves, and there was drinking and dancing at a colmado right on the beach. there was also a dance contest, i lost. the full moon reflected down on the water and it was an amazing sight. the following weekend me and 6 other volunteers boarded a flatbed truck with 40 other youth and went out to some river to go swimming, the river was fun the transportating was scary. i sat on the bed of the truck and had nothing to hold on to, i saw my life flash before my eyes at everyturn.
well, we finally have been informed of where we're going to be placed for out 2 years of service. Im going to be in the city of Barahona, where i happend to be on my volunteer visit. its a city in the south, im going to be working with catholic nuns who work with homeless kids. barahona has running water and electricity, not exactly the conditions i was expecting when i joined the PC but the work is whats important to me and i think i can do well working with homeless kids. im really excited!

ok well hope everyone is doing well.

Vero way to kick ass in Long Beach

Danny give Kari a big birthday hug from her tio.

Nessa write me back stupid!

love
enrique