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I forgot to mention my previous Sunday and how the entire BYU group was invited over to a members house for dinner. It was wonderful to be brought into the humble home of a member from the Puerto Plata branch that we attend on Sundays. It was a huge party and other members from the ward were there and we all ate a wonderful meal that was complete with the usual rice and beans. The family did not have much, but their home was full of love.



I did not get a good picture that showed all the food or all the people that attended the lunch, but these three pictures show the wonderful people.

The first Sunday we attended the branch we met a white family! We have gotten to know them and my field facilitator invited them over to their condo for an evening of swimming. My friend Kathryn and I were the only ones who attended from the BYU group and we had a blast. This family which consists of four children with the oldest being six are living a life that I could only dream of living. The husband was a seminary teacher for six years and then felt the need to do humanitarian work. He tried contacting the church but was told to wait until his family was raised. One day, him and his wife decided to move to Costa Rica and do humanitarian work. They moved to the DR in March and are working on starting libraries. He does all of his work online, something with the stock market and they do a few other online jobs to support their family. They feel like Thailand is their next destination and are going to continue to move and serve. He told me that one day they will find a place to settle down, but until now they will live in many different places, seeing the world. Not only did I love playing with kids that could actually understand me and I could understand them, but I was very inspired to have a life that was based around service. I don't feel like you have to go foreign countries to serve, it can be done in your own town and in your own home, but service is an action that I want to be apart of every day of my life.

One last random fact for the night, check this picture out!

This is a picture of the sun. I have not had time to research it, but it was crazy and a little freaky to see.

I am heading to Santo Domingo tomorrow and we are going to the temple! I have also made it through half the camp. I CAN DO HARD THINGS!