Hello Family and Friends!
Here are some pictures of the three trips we took on service week! Sorry it's been so long since I've posted anything...enjoy!
Trip #1: Delicias Yogurt!
The workers at Delicias Yogurt showing the kids how they boiled the milk etc. to make the yogurt!
They people here were so amazing - they let the kids put on the labels for the yogurt - Pablo (in the red) and Weidy (to the left of him) - really got into it! Note Pablo using his lips to point - that's how Dominicans point instead of using their finger! 
More labeling...
Showing the kids how they pour out the hot milk and cool it down as part of the yogurt-making process
And one of the best parts...getting their snack of yogurt and a biscuit! (Dodyel)
Enjoying their snack (L-R - Roberly, Jesse (the new student from Haiti), Elaine, Layshah)
Yogurt mustache! (L-R - Roberly, Pablo, Dorisbell, Elaine)
Group shot with the amazing staff of Delicias Yogurt! It's owned by a family of Columbians - the man in the earlier picture helping with the yogurt (he's to the left of me in this picture) is the husband of my Spanish tutor, Nelly!
A gua-gua (taxi) - this is how we traveled to Delicias Yogurt and the Monastery
Piling in!Trip #2 - The Monastery
Up at the monastery - it is so gorgeous!
Beginning our tour
Learning how the bread is made
We decided to walk to the waterfall...the kids loved it...I was just waiting for someone to fall and break open their head! Seli, the Spanish teacher (to the right of me), was able to come with us on this trip and the trip to Delicias Yogurt - it was amazing to have a Spanish-speaking adult with us!
Melisa, Jaquidys, and my brother Josh at the waterfall
Clambering over rocks...
After the walk back up the hill - they were getting tired by this point! (Elaine, Josh, Melisa)
Enjoying some delicious "Pan de los Monjes" (Monk bread)
Getting their bread
Group shot!Trip #3 - The Dulceria (Candy shop)
Yes - those are three huge pots of boiling milk. Beneath them was an open gas flame...and the room was REALLY tiny. Somehow, someway, amidst all the jostling to have a turn at stirring, we finished this trip with no major or minor injuries!
They were having a great time...as I was frantically trying to make sure it didn't get totally out of control!! :)
Group shot in the Dulceria
We walked to the Dulceria - here we are walking up the final hill back to school
Josh and I at the Lower Jimenoa - we had big plans of visiting several waterfalls after school - but after the field trips, we were fine with just relaxing most of the days! I was really glad we made the trip out to this one at least! :)Thanks so much for reading! I'm really going to try to be more regular about posting this last semester!
Blessings,
Erica
