Happy New Year!!
Well, things are heating up for the big celebration… fireworks are being sold at every street corner, grapes and apples are also for sale, and the pigs are roasting! We will have our worship services tomorrow morning, all at 9 or 10am. I plan on visiting all of our 5 locations to visit and wish our folks a happy New Year, and allow them all to meet my nephews.
Thursday we had a great day going to the 27 waterfalls- they climbed to the top and made the big jump- it is about a 50 or 60 foot drop into a pool of water about the size of your car. They thought it was great, I wouldn’t do it for all the tea in China. Today we went to Jarabacoa in hopes of doing some 4 wheeling in the moutains but we didn’t exactly find what we were looking for (prices too high, no guide, etc. and not availabe today) but we did enjoy a hike into the waterfalls. Victor has arranged for us to rent 3 motorcycles for Monday and we will do some backroading up around the small villages that surround Santiago. That should actually be better than the 4 wheeling, giving them a chance to see the real DR. I am pretty excited about it.
Pilar and Mecho were here tonight to cook dinner. We are all stuffed as those of you who have been here know from experience. We went for a little exploration trip as we took them home, finding some spots where they are roasting pigs. Tomorrow is a big pig day so they are getting them over the fire and will stay with them all night!
We have good news about my mom- she is feeling better and may even be released tomorrow from the hospital and for now they haven’t mentioned any surgery. She had a low sodium level which was part of the reason she was so weak but she has been on IVs for a while and is getting stronger. Thanks for your prayers for her.
I wish you all a safe new years celebration and will pray with you for an exciting and fufilling 2007! May God grant you the desires of your heart!
