Peurta Plata Dominican Republic

We drove a couple of hours to Jesse's first area, he served there for 6 months. It's by the beach so it was super more humid than it already was, but very pretty. There were two families he wanted to see there so we were able to go visit them and have them fix us dinner and we were able to attend church on Sunday. There was a man that Jesse had taught but didn't know what happened to him cause he got transferred and he saw him at church and he came up to Jesse and told him thank you, if it wasn't for him he would of never got baptized. We also were able to drive by and see one of the homes he lived in, the one that he fell from the roof and broke his wrist, when I saw it I couldn't believe he didn't get hurt worse, he was definitely being watched over.

This is where we spent most of our time, so this is a long post......

Eating dinner with the Martinez family. She makes the best banana cake ever.

Sister Martinez made dinner for us and the missionaries.

Golf Course

sitting at the club house only place we could get wi fi

thought this sign was pretty good!!!

boys played a game of ping pong

Dominican flag at the golf clubhouse.

Church house

loved this view of the church grounds.

these young women all wanted a picture with Jesse, they each got their own and then a group, they would of kept taking pictures if their leader didn't come make them go to class, they were so cute.

Jesse, Josh and Lynn outside the church house.

Josh needed some clothes washed so he did it in the tub, Im not sure they dried all the way with how humid it was.

these guys played for us as we waited to ride the cable car.

cable car goes to the top of that mountain.

Jesse

I love how green it is there.

Me, Jesse, Josh

Statue of Christ at the top of the mountain.

Josh, love this picture.

view of Peurta Plata

Lynn and I, love the view of the Ocean.

Eating at the Abreu home, she made a really good meal called moros de guandules (pigeon peas and rice)

Abreu Sisters

Sister Abreu

Abreu family

They loved Jesse, she didn't want us to leave her home.

Apartment where Jesse lived

this is the house Jesse lived in when he fell from the top of the roof, fell on the lower white roof and down into that little alley, he was being so watched over.

Jesse and Josh in front of the resort we stayed in

view of the beach

Beautiful view of the Ocean.

I loved see them carry stuff on their head, you usually see the women carry twice as much.

Brother and Sister Powell in the office.

visiting the Bro. and Sis. Powell at the office.

Went to the shops to buy some souvenirs.

Inside the shops

Outside the shops!

These streets would get pretty crazy.