Our first week

Our flight into the Dominican Republic was a good indication on how our first few weeks were going to be, a tad bumpy. At the last moment our pilot had to abort the landing because there was a plane still sitting on the tarmac. After one of the fastest rises back into the sky I had ever seen, we were on the ground in a few minutes safe and sound. A wee bit scary but everyone loves a thrill.
We came with our son Dan and that certainly was a good thing. Leaving our family and friends behind was probably one of the hardest things Jane and I have ever had to do and so we treasured that week incredibly. Even now we still miss them badly! Though our first weeks here weren’t easy, we certainly could feel the Lord carrying us through some of the toughest times. The story “Footprints” rings loud and true for us.

We also caught the extreme edge of Hurricane Dean. It rained so hard that it came across sideways! If we were on the edge, I can only imagine what it was like for the “eye of the storm”. They closed the airport of the capital city Santo Domingo because of the storm. After this our hydro or electricity inverter went out of commission for 3 weeks. That’s a good news bad news story. Good news was we had lots of candle light suppers; bad news was they started to lose their novelty after week 2.

One of the things we found hard to get used to was the hot, hot, hot weather. It was almost always 30 degrees Celsius by 8:00am and generally climbed from there. It`s really not uncommon to change your shirts several times a day. Very good thing Jane loves doing laundry; actually she likes it so much she wants to teach me how to do it also. This way we can have additional joy together! As the saying goes, “the family that does laundry together stays out of the dirt together”. I bet you can`t tell I thought of it all by myself.