My family in the Dominican Republic has been making new additions lately. My family lives in an apartment with a large shared back yard. We are perhaps 100 meters down the road from Project Esperanza’s group home for Haitian immigrant boys and about 300 meters from their school. A few weeks ag[...]
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¿Qué es “el sereno”?
I called to my 2-year-old son to come back. He looked back at me briefly over his shoulder, said, “No! Isaiah!” and went on his way up the dirt road which is lined with little wooden and cinderblock houses. I had my baby in my arms and the toddler had gotten away from me so [...][...]
September 13th, 2011 - 6:00 am § in Uncategorized
The Case of the Missing Laptop: Part 2
No one is in uniform, there is no computer or office equipment other than a phone and a notebook where cases are recorded in the illegible handwriting of the man working at the desk, and I once was waiting in there when a man walked in and set a large bottle of rum on the desk. I have also been ther[...]
Summer Volunteers Needed Here in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Therefore, I always feel motivated and convicted to invite good intentioned foreigners into the community, to encourage them to serve the community despite challenges, and to collaborate in order to successfully execute change creating efforts.[...]
