Hijos llegaron

Luke and Melinda arrived about the 27th, after over-nighting in the airport in San Juan. Luke left that afternoon with several from the church here to deliver food to folks in the mountains, hard hit by Hurrican Olga. Since then, we've been shopping together, hanging out with some of the locals and trying out Domincan street cuisine. Melinda went to Spanish class with us. I think the accent is a bit different from her last several professors, especially the one she had from Spain! The kids are heading to the mountains for a youth camping trip. There'll be about 25 all together. They are going to need blankets. We've only been sleeping under a sheet, or uncovered. Over night lows have been in the low to mid 70's. They are planning a secret Santa gift exchange while there, and after describing the game "chubby bunny" game to the youth leader, he bought lots of marshmallows for the evening. Karen and I have a secret Santa exchange here at church. We bought our gifts at La Sirena last night. The church here meets on Sunday night on the first and last Sundays of the month. They'll be back by then. Our address, listed in the bottom post is: Ken & Karen George Calle Primera, No. 61-B Hoya del Caimito Santiago, Dominican Republic Until next time...