Unhappy Camper

another pic of Luz Maria ...not too happy about the Lei someone dressed her up in

Luz Maria

Luz Maria and I ...age 2 ...she is starting to talk a lot more lately!

new kids in town

Cristofer having fun with Eric's kids ....Eric and his family have been here 3 weeks and plan to stay long term ...the Dominican kids seem to be having a good time with the new American kids living on the property!

Victor and Sara making some nice fish lips
Cristofer attacking Victor with the new favorite toy around the orphanage-- a giant stuffed dragon

Food

The Friday lunch buffet put on by Comedor Adela

Recent pics from the orphanage

Jennifer and I with the giant notebook

Marcos, Jennifer and Edwin
Dominican side of the Dominican vs American volleyball game

Jump Rope on the patio

Joanni styles a volunteer's hair

Jessica in Sunday curlers

Marcos, Ariel and Raileni

Domingo in shades

Jose Luis in shades

Independence Day in the DR

Feb 27th-- Leonel and Cristopher (2 kids from the orphanage but also in our English 2 class) carry the DR flag in the morning parade.

Jose Luis and Jessica (also from the orphanage, and also in the English 2 class) carry the Orphanage Outreach flag. Followed by them were about 80 volunteers wearing their Orphanage Outreach shirts.
Rafael walked with his school in the parade, carrying a ribbon pyramid

We had an Independence Day dinner under the new pavilion with all of the volunteers and orphanage kids that night

2 of our Sring interns, Shannon and Rachel, and I at the dinner

Luis and Bryan getting ready to eat ...

eating ... chicken

Toothless Raileni and I

Jazmin and Nicol at the dinner

Marianny and I with some of the decorations from the dinner

Our English 2 students performed the CHA CHA SLIDE (Red class facing the Blue class) at the Monte Cristi Independence Day assembly. Here they are during the part of the song that says "FREEZE"

More of their performance .... get LOW!!!

Orange Juice by the Liter

Shannon and Bryan enjoying their liters of OJ while we were out to lunch last weekend.

outdoor kid pics

Jennifer

Raileni with Bryan's hat
Jose Luis and Luz Maria

Valentines Day

All students wore Red, White or Pink for the Valentines Day party at the English Institute. Here is one of the English Level 2 classes with their new intern-teachers- Shannon and Sara.

One of the English Level 1 classes with their teachers- Jazmin and Rachel
Valentine BINGO

Jose Luis and his prize- a giant heart sucker

Nicol and Marcelis in the English 2 class

Valentines Bags that each student made the day before

English 1 students filling the Valentine Bags with Valentine cards for each student

Sheila, Yanelca and Julisa stuffing Valentine cards

Santos' Valentine House created out of Red and Pink foam pieces

Classroom Construction

2 new classrooms are being built (and a kitchen expansion) on the far side of our first floor at the English Institute ...here's the progress