A Little Sight Seeing

 This fort was built in the 1500's after Columbus came. It is in Puerta Plata

 Fishing in Puerta Plata

 Elder Walters and Elder Francis relaxing at lunch.

 Lunch was good. French Fries made after we ordered them.

Below - Beach bathroom - no toilet seat and they give you a bucket of water to flush with.

 If there's a tree, just build a wall around it!

 House remodel

 The Monument - Trujillo built it in honor of himself.

 At the top of the monument - young missionaries call it the touchdown Jesus.

 They love baseball here!

 Duarte Day Parade. Pictures of Duarte with the eyes cut out are kind of creepy.

 Selfie of the misioneros

 You don't want to be hit by falling leaves here. These things are huge!

 Can't believe this guy begs in the middle of traffic. We saw him one night when the power went out. I was scared to death that he would be hit. There are so many people here missing arms or legs.

 There were 2 girls dressed like this at the gas station on Valentines Day passing out heart shaped suckers to everyone.

 A chicken place named after my grandson.

 The whole family going to church in the back of the truck. You can't see the mother. She is in purple and behind the man in the back corner.

 Our hotel room - not the Marriott

   Duarte Day parade of school children. Coco frio stand in the background. Coconut water and flavoring.

Below - boys playing marbles on the beach.

 

Moving day!

Just a little life in the DR

I think this is a hibiscus

How's this for a Christmas outfit for your little girl??

 The back view of the 3 Kings at McDonalds

 We were given this candy. It is gumdrops on a stick. They were really good.

 The Christmas tree in front of McDonalds. It was really pretty at night.

Our Pathway class. This is historic. The first Pathway group in Santiago D R.

 Two police on each moto with their guns.

 Two little girls pretending to play the piano (keyboard) before church today. Unfortunately they were the only ones to use it today.

Our Christmas Celebration

Nice view of Santiago from Camp David

Pictures from Camp David - all the senior missionaries. Kim is taking the picture. Our mission president is standing.

 

Street sweeper on our street using a palm frond broom. Sorry the picture is blurry.

Sunrise on our walk

 Poinsettia tree in our neighborhood.

I guess that's one way to haul hay. Cram it all in your mini van.

Nativity scene at the temple.

Santo Domingo Temple

I am NOT wearing white nylons. Yikes!  Somehow I keep thinking my skin is getting darker. Ha, Ha!

Pretty lights across the street from the temple

 The Noordas sent us these cool glasses to wear while we looked at the lights. They were awesome!!

What a wad of cotton candy. On the square with the lights. Kids are the same all over the world!

Our Christmas morning

Our tree kept falling over so we propped it in the corner. It was a mission office reject.

Merry Christmas

Feliz Navidad from the Dominican Republic

The Christmas Tree in our Apartment Building

 

 Water delivery

The Team

 Interesting Mrs. Santa

 Food from the street

Mini Mart taken from the church parking lot (notice the protection at church)

 It's always good when your milk is long lasting!! We haven't seen any milk in a milk carton here. They just have dried or packaged in boxes. That's one thing we are looking forward to in the US - a real glass of milk.

 Elder Walters at a branch.

Missionaries in our district came caroling to us and brought us a treat.