The Capital

So, I supose I should continue with may national outreach experiences. After Jumunuco we went to stay and work at the YWAM base in the capital. It was pretty cool. We did a lot of different ministries. One of the first places we went to was a Lepore colony (I don't really know how to spell it but Lepore like Lepresy) That was pretty cool. Most of the people there were older people who had been abondoned by their families because they had the disease. Also, a lot of them were mission body parts and had big sores. They don't really get a lot of visitors, much less people that are willing to hug them and hold their hands and things like that, so they were really happy to hae us. They were some really neat people. I talk to this really cool old guy for a while, in spanish. It was a little rough but he was really fun to talk to. It was really and amazing experience. Also we went to an orphanage. The kids were really fun. I mostly played with these to little guys. They were great. We also went to a couple schools and a man's youth prison, which was actually pretty interesting. I was not too excited to go there because I know how most Dominican guys acted to white girls and I was the only white girl there AND these were also guys from prison. But they were actually pretty good. I only got one little comment as I was leaving but that was it. Also, you see we have this program that we do when we go to these places with some Dramas, a message, and stuff like that and I didn't know how well these big tough guys would take it, but it went really well I think. Omira (the director of the Capital base) went with us and talk to them a little and when she talkes, people listen. She is a really amazing women and I have a lot of respect for her. Anyway, it was our last day of doing ministry before we got a free day and we were just returning to the base and who do you think was there waiting for us?? THE AFRICA TEAM!!! It was so great to see them! And we got to spend a day with them before we left for Azua. Gosh, the way we greeted eachother you would have thought we'd been away from eachother for years. I think we have a really special DTS. And I know that everybody probably says that their DTS is the best, but really, ours is. And even if you even do a DTS, it still probably won't be as good as ours ;) We're just all really close and we have a really special group of people. I've seen a lot of other DTS's (A DTS is the type of school I'm doing by the way, they have them all over the world) and their not all the same and I don't think any of them are as close as ours, but that's just me.
Anyway, that night I went to a movie with Kristen and Terry. We went and saw Mission Impossible III (which was pretty good by the way). And I tell you, there is nothing like watching a movie with a theatre full of Dominicans. They're are just...really....into the movie. It's pretty funny. The theatre was in a mall so afterward we went to a food court to eat and they had a KFC. I was really quite excited because I thought I was going to get to enjoy a crispy chicken twister wrap with no tomatoes and light on the sause. But let me tell you something, they are NOT the same. I was very disapointed. Oh well, they have other good foods here that we don't really have. but, oh, how I was looking forward to that twister wrap.
Well anyway, so that was pretty much the capital. We has a lot of really good experiences and I was so glad that we got to see the Africa team before we left for Azua. They had actually just come back for there and they said it was a really hard place to be. I guess we will see.