Our lives in the DR

I am just finally having a moment to write and update y'all on our lives so far. Since we have been here, we have been busy with figuring out where we will live, buying a car, figuring out our new jobs and meeting a lot of new people. Jake has been doing great in his new job. Last week was the first work team at camp and it was very busy but also a great week for him and everyone else. Also, two new interns arrived to work at camp and Jake has been busy hanging out with them and leading them.

I have also been busy. When we arrived, I wondered what God had for me here in this country. There was not enough work for both Jake and I at camp, so I started looking for oppotunities to be involved in this community. I wound up at Doulos Discovery School (http://www.ddsdr.org/), a place I had been considering working at before. Last year, when we visited, we came to this school and I was excited about the possibility of working here. I am working as an assistant in the sixth grade classroom and I also teach English/Language Arts as well as Art with the sixth graders. It has been a wonderful community to be involved in and the students are amazing. I love getting to share the Lord with them and seeing their smiling faces everyday. For now, this is where I am called to serve. I am learning more Spanish and getting to know the kids that I came to work with.

Also, I stay busy with Spanish tutoring five days a week. This has been busy, but it has been really good. Everyone says that the first two months are difficult, and that is definitely true. I have not found it easy to live here, but I have found that God is faithful through all of my struggles and frustrations.

I am excited to share more pictures once we have the internet at our house or when I am able to upload some pictures. For now, here is a picture of the sixth grade class that I work with and their teacher, Patrick. Thank you all for wanting to hear about our lives and for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers!

Love,

Kyla