Saturday

We had a long trip yesterday. I had to get up at three in the morning to get to the airport on time. Our flight from San Juan to Santo Domingo was delayed a couple hours. Once we arrived in the the Domonican capitol city, we then had to take a four plus hour bus ride over the mountains to arrive at this beach side village after dark. After staying under mosquito netting last year with often no electricity or running water, I am embarassed to say, we are all housed at a four star all-inclusive resort. It seems when the mission people were trying to find housing for us, some wealthy Dommincans overheard and were so impressed with what we were doing for people of the town -- free surgeries -- they offered to pay for us all to stay for the week at the resort in town.