Settling in...

 

Students arrived Wednesday, tired but excited. They spent the first night together in a guesthouse in the heart of the Ciudad Colonial, the city center that dates from the time of Christopher Columbus.

Thursday was spent in the initial orientation, with a break for lunch at the Plaza Toledo. By four thirty p.m. we were leaving for UNPHU to meet the families. Friday the students had a training in how to navigate by carro publico (cars that ply bus-like routes) and corredores (big OMSA buses). Then they walked to find Casa Goshen. We had a wonderful afternoon drinking mango juice done from the mango tree at Casa Goshen and talking about possibilities for service for the latter part of their stay.

Saturday was time for the Guayacanes beach, not without stopping at Los Tres Ojos, a beautiful and interesting underground pools of sea water in a big cave close to the ocean.

Directors

Directors of the Summer 2000 SST unit in the Dominican Republic are Rafael and Pilar Barahona. Rafael is director of Hispanic Ministries at Goshen College.