Alexa in the Dominican Republic!: Humanitarian Service Week!

Kids playing on the street next to
Alexa's house (on the left).

Alexa and Jocelyn.

So much has been going on during the last two weeks! The girls have been not so busy teaching due to school testing and vacation, but they have found ways to use their time! They attended a semi-pro soccer game and were treated to pictures with the players, kisses on checks, and invites to the beach after party, which they politely declined!

The girls also went to a place called "27 Waterfall", which is exactly that, 27 waterfalls connected by narrow rivers surrounded by rock walls. They had a lot of fun.

A starving dog that the girls
have adopted and feed
regularly. He just wants
to be loved!

Eggplant growing in the
front yard!

The girls also volunteered at a nursing home for senior citizens. They helped feed them lunch, then went around holding hands, rubbing arms, and giving them a bit of love. Alexa is so good at this, she loves elderly people and they can feel that. They just melt under her touch! She introduced them to Snapchat and the funny faces she could make on them with it! Definitely a third world care center though -- not the best conditions she says.

They also volunteered at a local hospital. They delivered clothes to the various patients and sang songs to the families. She said that all the women were in one big room, all the men in another, the children in another, and the babies in another. Not at all like the hospitals in America. The mothers loved to have their newborns held and one even tried to offer the girls the opportunity to be godparents if they would take the baby to America. Be glad you live where you do!