I’m in the Chicago O’Hare airport getting ready to spend another night sleeping in the terminal. Oh joy. So I didn’t kiss the ground when I got off the plane in Miami, but did step outside to bask in the aura of freedom and prosperity this country exudes. Great to be back in good ‘ol …
Category Archives: Dominican Republic
DR Update and… Are There Benefits to Being Materially Poor?
I just snapped this picture. It is the view out the double doors in my bedroom: I think it’s technically jungle around here, but it seems to me more like “jungly forest” if there is such a thing. Oh, and I can see the ocean far better in real life than in the picture above. …
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Update from the Dominican Republic
Food, Food, Wonderful Food One of the difficult things about this trip has been not eating foods I’m used to. For the first couple weeks in Haiti I ate lots of rice and beans. Then when I got to Dominican Republic, a Latin American country, I expected burritos and enchiladas. But turns out those are …
My Heart is Hurting
My heart aches. I have a massive lump in my throat and feel like crying. I’ve been transported from a place of incarnate misery and oppression to a place of incarnate joy and love. I remember when I was a kid we lived in this house where every time someone flushed the toilet the shower …