Day 6 Mission: No more suitcases

Tuesday, February 21


Tuesday morning we went back to Shelley's office.  We organized books and supplies by grade level and made piles of supplies that Shelley would later hand out to the teachers.  We also typed up inventory lists to help keep track of the items.  We emptied more suitcases, organized school supplies into bins, and labeled a lot of files.

We also carried supplies back and forth between the church (where the preschool has class) and the school building.  In the Dominican Republic, children only go to school half day.  The morning classes leave at noon.  In the Dominican culture, the big family meal is lunch followed by a short siesta.  Because we are Americanas, we decided to work during lunch and clean out the large closet in the 3 year old room.  Since it is the largest closet, lots of random things end up stuck in there like a suitcase of toilet paper and another suitcase full of spiral notebooks.

Most of the schools supplies are donated and brought down to the DR with work teams in their extra suitcases.  Due to lack of storage, most of the supplies are stored in those same suitcases.  Extra uniforms are stored in suitcases, crayons are stored in suitcases, and so on.  Even files and papers are stored in suitcases.  But NOW all extra uniforms are stored in plastic bins, crayons and all supplies are stored in cabinets and files are filed in filing cabinets!  What a novel idea.  No more suitcases! - Karen

flag raising

gotta love these ladies, that is their dirty wash

the office is looking good

office work

the kids love their new hula hoops

Ruth bought suckers here, replacing those left in the US.

they love to have their picture taken

she still uses the bag that we gave out last year

cleaning out closets

Ruth finally gets her rice and beans!

Now filing - in Spanish!

Carrie made supper! Yum!