We arrived!

We arrived safely in Elias Pina at about 8:30 pm yesterday. Our families were all eagerly awaiting our arrival. When we landed at 2:20 pm it was 90 degrees and at 8:30 it hadn't changed much. It was extremely humid so the rainfall during the night was a welcomed surprise!! Right now is it already 90 degrees and should be at least 100 by the middle of the day. We were all EXHAUSTED by the time we made it here so we told the students to sleep in. It is after 10:00 and none have made it back to the parish office so I am sure they are getting well needed rest. As exhausted as we all were, we are also equally as excited for the journey ahead. Three of the boys who volunteer in the church came with the bus driver to Santo Domingo to get us so we were all able to practice our Spanish on the 5 hour bus ride. Everyone was doing great with communication so far!! Today we plan to visit the host families, play on the playground, attend Holy Thursday Mass and then the boys are going to teach us how to dance to the Dominican music. It will be a fun and faith-filled day! Wishing all of you blessings on this Holy Thursday!! We will try to post again as soon as we can!!