Tag: Independence Day

February ’25 in Pictures

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February definitely gave us continued “sweather weather” here. Dominican temps are much more agreeable to my thinned-out blood, but I have to admit – it’s been pretty cozy starting my work days curled up in a warm blanket with a hot cup o’ joe close by. Check out these 28 pictures from the Freedom team – and from our chilly month in Indiana!

We had a student-led chapel this month! Nika, now in 11th grade, was one of my sweet kindergarteners. Neat to see her faith come alive!
Many of our students and staff took part in a 5K in town!
Day laborers, Josh, and Ryan are trying their hand at planting some produce. Check out the pumpkin harvest! They were able to provide 2 days of breakfast as a result.
Thompson Concrete (from my OH stomping grounds) poured another concrete pad for continued playground expansion.
Sweet Lucy has been visiting with her family for several years. You’re never too young to serve!
For Student Day, all of the teachers dressed up as students and recognized them for their hard work and dedication.
For Christmas, we bought Aylin a Pete the Cat book. She was a bit terrified of his big eyes in the book. I think the sunglasses help here! 😉
Two beauties! Yuleisy and 10th grader Esterlina during the Independence Day celebration.
The fantastic mayor of the town of Ramon Santana, Santa. She is a Freedom mom and supporter!
Reenacting significant moments in Dominican history
This was our first year participating in the Ramon Santana march with other schools
Marcia and Mairelys leading the group with flags. I had both of these gals in my mentorship groups for a semester.
This little man is almost 5 months old. Hard to watch him grow up from afar, but I’m thankful for pictures.
Back in the cold, the occasional painting session still breaks out for Caleigh gal.
My trio at church, waiting for mom and dad to quit yakking
Before we moved to the DR, Scott loved to surprise me with flowers. Perhaps the tradition is back? 😉
This ones still loves the snow days! Cal and her “emotional support volcano.” (I have no idea.)
Cal accidentally swallowed her loose tooth! It got stuck in a piece of bread and went straight down the hatch. No tooth fairy for her! Hah.
Some new church friends had a foster shower this month!
Date night at home: 2-player card game and ice cream for the win!
Noah let Caleigh fix his hair for church one morning. So cute!
Leyton got in on the hair-fixing action
The boys recently asked Dad to start reading through the Bible with them. Love seeing their hearts soft towards learning about the Lord.
The 3 resident cats always bring some lively moments to our days. Fletcher decided to help me photograph one of my board game blog posts.
It got warm enough one day to throw some baseball!
So… I started this fall sampler, well, in the fall. I’m not even halfway finished. Perhaps I need to narrow down the number of hobbies I enjoy.
The weather is playing tricks on me! Sometimes it’s spring, sometimes it’s winter. Either way, a little sunshine while I work is good for my heart.
Online gaming, anyone? This takes us to a whole new level of nerd, I know. But what else are we supposed to do when our game-playing friends live across an ocean?!

See you at the end of March!

February ’20 in Pictures

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One sixth of the way through 2020! Here’s a small peek into our February!

  • Happy 8th birthday to this big guy!
  • Our newly completed fellowship building/camp area
  • A few of our sweet teachers in an AM training session
  • Happy Dominican Independence Day!
  • Headed out for a march/parade!
  • Onlookers
  • Marching through Ramon Santana
  • Teams are helping us build the next apt. building
  • Happy birthday, Jade!
  • Love having this college pal around to help pave the way for our new camp program!
  • Weeklong camps this spring – each Friday, the campers were prayed for in chapel.
  • Rachel and I have been jogging a bit – this little friend put a spring in my step one afternoon!
  • Cherries on campus!
  • Always good to get out to the villages.
  • Scott talking to Memena, Yuleisy’s mom
  • Perfect smile
  • A little Daddy time
  • A few of us went out for a Saturday AM run
  • Exploring near campus
  • The Carmel team blessed us again with COOKIES!
  • Proud of his homemade toys
  • Don’t know this little gal (yet), but she was awful sad when no one picked her up for a walk around Lima. We remedied that, though!
  • Daydreaming
  • The back of a house in Lima
  • Weigh station
  • Krista is always hard at work delivering letters to kiddos from their sponsors!
  • Mery has worked with us since we were doing school in the villages
  • Some of the smarties in 4th grade!
  • Caleigh got ahold of my phone in one of our English classes!
  • Selfie time

Thanks for continuing to pray for us! See ya in a month!

February 2016 in pictures

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Time is flying! A few pictures from our busy February.

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We had a sweet time with Scott’s brother Ryan and his wife Erin for a week!

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Third quarter parent-teacher conferences went well!

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Miss Emma with her kindergarten kids in Village Lima

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A group of 5 visited and worked with us mid-February

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A neighbor’s brush fire got out of control and ran rampant on Freedom property! Students moved classrooms as a safety precaution, but no one was injured.

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It’s always a pleasure to share life each year with this group from North Carolina

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Independence Day in the Dominican

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Students marched through the streets of Ramon Santana

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The construction crew has been working hard on classrooms and bathrooms on the second floor of the school building

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Yuleisy made Leyton a special birthday dinner of bollo and salami

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Scott continues teaching music class in 3-week blocks

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Our apartment is getting closer! We now have tiled floors and a porch railing!

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Master bedroom

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Sillies with Noah

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Leyton couldn’t be left out!

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February was Caleigh’s 5th month

Independence Day, Dominican style

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Thursday we celebrated Independence Day here in the Dominican Republic. Mery (my Dominican co-teacher) planned the activities for the kindergarten class. She’s getting ever closer to having her own group of kids next year.

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The highlight of the day was the parade through Batey Lima. The kids were adorable in their little campesino and padres de la patria costumes. Several parents came out to watch as we marched through the streets of the village. It was fun learning a little more about this nation’s history and culture.

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Chrislin – PK3

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Vickiana – PK3

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Albel, Alfredo, Javier – K

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Rosa, Bergica, Sonia – K

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Getting ready for the march

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Pre-school cuteness

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Mery and her costumed kindergartners