Hodelpa Gran Almirante Santiago

We pray for children
Who sneak popsicles before supper,
Who erase holes in math workbooks,
Who can never find their shoes.
And we pray for those
Who stare at photographers from behind barbed wire,
Who can't bound down the street in a new pair of sneakers,
Who are born in places we wouldn't be caught dead.
We pray for those who never go to the circus,
Who live in an X-rated world,
Santiago, Dominican Republic lstockwell

... I had to turn away.  We educated his family on positioning in terms of comfort and stimulation, and passive range of motion.  Other than that, we advised them to continue the relationship with the doctor and team in hopes of finding some stability with the seizure activity.  That was a difficult one.
We also went to the orphanage this afternoon.  Quite a few of the children were very high strung.  One of the teenage boys was ...

... a bridge, right?  Well, with what resources?  And for those people who have poor body mechanics?  What about building them some carts to transfer barrels of water, or heavy harvests of plantains, cacao, etc.?  Again, I say, with what resources?  These people have little money.  Lots of unique situations, and I am still trying to problem solve for them, given reality.
 They hold church in this cement building, very crude, but ...

... minivan, or even smaller, crammed with 20 or more people.  At one point I think 29 was the record.  It's amazing.  Arms and legs everywhere!  I realized that Americans are very possessive of their personal space, but I'm not so sure that this is a bad thing?  Prior to meeting Trudy, who is the director of the Childcare Center, we participated in a Scavenger Hunt of sorts.  This required us to navigate through the city, asking ...

... just didnt have access to these kinds of things...but no...they have everything at the supermarket. My family just has their own tastes. Well no more beef tamales for breakfast...ive got apples and peanut butter. On my first trip to the register I went to the express lane because i didn't have many items, but the two ladies in front of me were paying together and had well over the ...

(Sorry Brian - can't seem to write in third person omniscient...) We left off in Jarabacoa at an Internet cafe, after we'd gone to arrange for a canyon adventure for the next day. As night fell, the streets of Jarabacoa came to life. The ever-present rush of motorcycles and scooters grew thicker, as your men did circuits around the town square, keeping one eye more or less on the road, while the other roamed for the elusive 'girl who digs a dude on a moped.' They are a rare breed. The sides ...

Kicking off the trip, George, Steve and Brian left within an hour of each other, Brian and Steve getting dropped off by their mom at the Sacramento airport for their 9:30 PST flight, and George leaving Salt Lake City at 11:30 MST. George survived a restless and uncomfortable flight on his own all the way to Atlanta, but Steve and Brian's trip proved more eventful. They were threatened with overbooking from the start, on their Sacramento to Vegas flight, but made the flight and ...

Tuesday, January 22, 2008 Adventure Day in Jarabacoa Dear Readers: A delicious breakfast is available at 8am, and we're suited up and ready to go on our various adventures by 9am as requested. We are delighted that the sun is peeking out, but because of the heavy rain yesterday the roads are slow and we have to wait for others to join us. We make the best of the wait and watch the staff playing ping-pong, and I play a couple of games with one of them. The others arrive from as ...

... idea, because they are not big guys, but all of a sudden, they take your hand, and you're flying through the air, joints slightly out of place, but at least your up and on your way to the next one. Some of the waterfalls, you climb a rope to get up, others you can climb, and others, you are pulled up by. A lot of people only go up to the 7th waterfall, but we were going to the top. After a couple of hours, we did make up it to the last waterfall ...

... in my community that has me a little confused and shocked. There is this women Tema who slept with her sister's step-son. He was not blood, but she raised him since he was about 5 years old. Now Tema is pregnant with him and the community is an uproar about the actions of these people. First of all, I could never look at my sister's kids, whether they were blood or not like that. Then one of my youth was saying that he liked this girl in the community ...