Fun doesn’t even begin to describe the type of day we had today! Our day began with an old school throwback ‘wake up’ call to Candy Man by the Mary Jane Girls. We ate breakfast and then hopped on the bus for our cultural fun day. We went to the Santos day Palo Gallery run by an amazing artist named Rosa Maria. There we learned how to carve wood using a file and mallet. After 1 hour of hard work, sweat and plenty of assistance from the 5 gallery artists, we all made a simple wood carved design. We then went to the MARKET! All of us were thrilled to buy snacks. Our next destination was to the Plaza de La Cultura. There we had another AMAZING meal. As we wrapped up lunch we had an impromptu dance party, warming up for our dance lessons. The ambassadors arrived and the students had the chance to get to know these amazing Bonao locals. By 2:00 we were ready to dance. Christopher taught us the Dominican favorites: merengue and bachata. But it didn’t stop there! The Dominican Republic has a Carnaval (similar in nature to our Mardi Gras). One of the carnival performing groups, Los Leones, paraded into the Plaza in their spectacular costumes. They danced a few songs but then they invited us to dance with them, which ended in a big 40 person congo line.
We headed back to our accommodations for a seminar in Teaching English. This was lead by the ambassadors who then helped the Glimpsers lesson plan for tomorrow’s FIRST lesson. After that it was dinner (many whom tried the root vegetable yucca for the first time), thunderstorms in 90 degree heat and then off bed.
Our most inspiring people today were our student ambassadors. Their confidence and smiles were contagious! Their energy for dancing and insight for teaching English was super helpful in assuring the Glimpsers confidence. By the end of the day, the Glimpsers were all very proud of themselves for stepping out of their comfort zones, both in dancing and teaching.
Seems like a wonderful day for the glimpsers. Thank you for posting in detail. We enjoyed reading the blog and seeing the pictures.
What a great time you all seem to be having! Love hearing about how full of adventure your days are!
Hope your hanging in there sis ! Miss you a tons and te queiro mucho con todo de mi corazon! As soon as u get back ! DUTCH BROS !!! See you soon – Big Brother Bobby 😀
Love the detailed summary of your day! I can’t wait to see some dance moves when you all get back!!!
BTW, You all can wash your clothes during the thunderstorms. It’s free!😂
They all loved that Pro Tip! There are plenty of opportunities for sure 🙂
Waiting for the next day pictures…probably a picture with a few comments should be OK!
We had electricity/Internet problems. This happens all too often. Thank you for your patience. Expect blogs to happen maybe every other day :/
Ammu, eagerly waiting to hear from you about the exciting trip. Missing you so much.
Great posts and pictures.
Thank you all so much for posting! The Glimpsers really appreciate the LOVE! (They really do miss you)
It’s only 5 days and each and e everyone has blossomed into such a great leader🙂