Tuesday's Itinerary

Good evening everyone, Heather signing on here:

Today was a busy day and the kids and leaders had their first day of work at the Ark and Palo Blanco. They have their assignments and have begun to work on them. Miss Stolar will share more of what each of them are doing.
Tuesday (tomorrow) they will continue their ministry at the Ark Children's Home and the Palo Blanco Care Center. They will spend the morning and afternoon ministering there with the Logos students.
In the evenings they will gather as a team for devotions, some group activities, as well as a little personal free time. Most of them will fall into bed exhausted but quite content with their day.

Here is a bit of DR history for you:
"Occupying the eastern two-thirds of Hispaniola, the Dominican Republic is the second largest country, after Cuba, in the West Indies. This mountainous land includes Pico Duarte—the highest point in the Caribbean. Colonized in 1493 by Spaniards, it offered the first chartered university, hospital, cathedral, and monastery in the Americas. Santo Domingo, founded in 1496, is the oldest European settlement in the Western Hemisphere. The nation became independent in 1844, but endured political instability and repressive governments. Today it is a democracy, economically dependent on agriculture and tourism." (Text source: National Geographic Atlas of the World, Eighth Edition, 2004)