Campo Day!

Everything in the picture part of our territory

We felt bad for anyone stuck in cold weather this week.

Just so you know, we're suffering here too, we had to put on an extra blanket at night...it dropped to a bone chilling 15C at night!

Despite our bitter winter temperatures, we still had to go out and work some of our rural territory (campo).

It was lots of fun - talked to lots of people and saw a lot of scenery wildlife and fauna!

And finally we actually got some pictures of us doing actual preaching...so there - proof that we're not at the beach all the time!

The fascinating organisation of a colmado (store)

Baby goats galore

The group

Exercise and ministry rolled into one

No door can hold Jada

Yup...orchids grow outside here!:)

Ta Da! Here it is - proof that we actually do ministry sometimes!

Pioneer Meeting

The Pioneers

Christmas day in Sabana Iglesia definitely lacks many of the usual elements that one associates with a "normal" Christmas day...although it tries hard to add a few original ones of it's own.

Glittering white snowflakes that hush the world and make a quiet day seem silent were rudely replaced by blazing heat, drunk drivers and very very loud reggaton* music.

Needless to say, there wasn't a whole lot we could do today, so most of the time was spent trying to catch up with work and get a few bits and pieces done.

One exciting thing did happen though...we had our pioneer meeting!

When better to do on Christmas day? Your studies are all busy doing what you've spent all year teaching them not to do - so we might as well get together and have some encouragement.

Our Elders

Was really nice actually, we had a bilingual meeting (Ted forgot to prepare in Spanish, so his part was in English) and a few visiting pioneers swelled the ranks.

After the meeting, one of the sisters had made a massive feast of roast pork (it had been in the oven since 10am, we ate at 5.30pm), roast chicken, rice and beans (of course) and various other yummlies.

Also had trifle for dessert - the first time in over two years...there was much rejoicing.

Anyway, was really fun and gave us lots to go on!:)


*If you don't know what regatton music is, I suggest you maintain your ignorance and enjoy it's peaceful bliss.

Fetching Propane

Now that we own a car, we want to keep our feet on the ground and not get all showbiz.

For that reason we like to still use our trusting sidekick "El Cojo" [or in Gringo speak: El Co-Ho] for most things...including getting propane.

Is it dangerous...probably.

It is fun...definitely.

Is it expensive...absolutely not.

The roads being more chassis-smashing potholes (and potbumps*) than actual road means that having the tank rattling round the back of a car is probably actually more of a health risk than taking it on a 90cc motorbike.

Plus, there's nothing like having 5 gallons of propane strapped to you to keep it real and give you that good old fashioned buzz.

*potbump: an inverted pothole. Normally created by over filling existing potholes. It doesn't solve anything, but it adds a delightful upward variation to general jiggling / bouncing / smashing / spine crushing.
According to third world logic, any tire misaligned by a pothole is immediately re-aligned by the following potbump - therefore theoretically and taken on average, all roads in the Dominican Republic are perfectly level.

New Car!!

And there was much rejoicing!

We have once again entered the joyous realm of vehicle ownership!

I honestly never thought a 12 year old Nissan Micra could be so exciting (and expensive!).

But two years of riding motorbikes and suffering constant beating sun (mostly this), driving rain and buffeting winds - along with the occasional delightful foray into the cramped world of public transport - the opportunity to have air conditioning and actually sit in an enclosed space is well worth the kidney I had to sell to buy the thing!

It is a definite girl car, but at least now Christine's always happy and I can simply turn up the radio to drown out the macho insults.

Check it out!:)

The Little Hippo

Welcome to the Blog!

Hi all!

So we decided to start a blog.

Our continuing pants-ness at keeping up to date with everyone necesitated something new...

So here it is.

This way we can keep anyone who wants to know up to date with anything we deem blog worthy.

Please leave comments and stuff, we'd love to hear from you!

Enjoy!

Kenny & Christine