Hola de La Republica Dominicana!!

So I am finally here...and I finally figured out the internet (which was quite a feat!!) I live with a pastor/ professor at the university, his sweet wife, and his daughter who is turning 21 in two weeks! It's weird because I am actually a part of their family...I eat with them, go everywhere they go and do everything they do. I am now going to have the experience of being a PK because my family is at church...A LOT!! It's crazy to sit though a church service and understand about half of what they are saying. Also, I am getting used to not having comforts I am used to...no air conditioning in about the mid eighties with about 60% humidity, food I'm not quite used to, and (my favorite) taking a shower with a bucket of cold water!! Also, last night in the bathroom a cockroach that was longer than my thumb (and I have long thumbs!) decided it wanted to be my friend when I went to get ready for bed I am definitely being challenged but I am so very blessed by mi familia here. They are loving ad kind and generous and they really want me to be a part of things! So, as much as I don't want to have to think so hard for every conversation or really work to spit out a few sentences, involved is what I will be!! Please be praying that I let God live through me instead of my flesh...I want to become more like Jesus through this trip, and I think God may have the same idea in mind :) I will try to keep you all as updated as possible as I make my way through this new life of mine!! Love and miss you all!!