Home and back again! :)

Hello Everyone!!

Ok wow, it has been way too long since I've blogged. So I apologize for the flood of news you will be getting. And I also apologize for how unorganized it may be. I just decided to give you a bunch of visuals and then explain stuff based off them. unfortunately I still don't know how to get this thing to load pictures in the order i want, its always a surprise how they come up. so it may be a little disjointed :-p hehe but I had fun with it so i hope you will too.

So just a quick overview,

I was able to go home for a three week vacation about a month ago (wow! it's already a month ago!). :) It was wonderful. I so enjoyed spending time with my family and friends and my wonderful man, Joey. ;) For those of you that may not be aware I am in a relationship, Joey is the incredible man God has put in my life. We have known each other for 6 years (met him on a mission trip to guatemala for 3 months) we have been dating for about 2 or 3 years, and we will be getting married. ;) Anyway my time home was very refreshing and relaxing, much needed. Now I am back on the ship! and right back in the swing of things, working with the dental team, and many other things. ;) It's been great to get back and see all my friends here again.

Okay, now for the pictures.....Enjoy! :D

Me and my sister, heather when I was home. I guess we were kinda cold ;-p

The family eating dinner out on the patio, dad must be taking the picture.

Dropping Alecia off at the airport. She was leaving for her 3 month mission trip to South Africa like the week before I came back here to the ship.

I love my sisters ;)

This is the view from the top floor of our dental clinic. That little tin roof awning is a little restaurant owned by a local lady. She and her nieces and daughters provide food for our day volunteers. They are the sweetest family.

This is where I work every day! Welcome to Round Point Clinic (it is right of of a roundabout, thats where the name comes from)

Loading up to go out for the day!

So last week a bunch of girls and I went away for a little self-created weekend retreat. It was a really great time. This is the first leg of our journey, 8 people in a 4 or 5 passenger car! ;D Me and Becca took our traditional place squished together in the hatch back. It's a tradition we started in the Dominican Republic ;) hehe

They definitely have rainy season here!

More rain! and that view you are seeing, all the cranes and stuff, is home to me. Its the port!

This is the gas station, I mean lake ;-p hehe

driving out of the port, we were not driving on road, we couldn't even see it. It was just rivers almost as high as the curb all around.

so me and my friend Karen from work, went to a birthday party for Dodgi's mom. He is one of our day volunteers at the dental clinic. There is a picture of him further down.

The party was so fun! Everyone was there, sisters brothers, husbands, aunts uncles, cousins, etc.! It was just great :D

This is Dodgies mom and dad along with a couple of the kids ;)

his mom's sister

so the women kept passing this cute little chunk around and I finally went over and asked to hold her :)

Eventually she fell asleep in my arms.

The Birthday girl! and the wonderful cook!

This is Gini our awesome coordinator for the dental team. She also double as babysitter for all the moms that come in with their kids :)

Marianne and Sandra (my roomy!) beautiful ladies!

me and the girls. The only two girl translators, Delali and Gado. They are awesome!

This is Justin and Dag. Dag is our head dentist from Norway.

Karen and one of the other dentists we had for a few weeks ;)

The screening lines every Monday and Thursday.

Making sandwiches for the patients! we have our own little factory ;) (Gado-left, Comfort-right)

I told you I carry water like an African! hehe Mowuli insisted on the towel, I usually do it without :-p

That's how you do it ;)

Never send me and Mawuli to get water.... ;-p

Our sandwich making factory!

The girls from the restaurant that bring food for our day volunteers everyday.

Gado. Isn't she just gorgeous!

Togo's independance day! Gado made me togalese :-p

So sometimes I get bored and just start playing with our colored tape (we use it to color code the instruments ;-p hehe) I wore this all day. :D

This is Dodgi! who's mother's birthday party we attended.

Me and the love of my life ;)

on the ferry at downtown disney.

All ready to go out! ;D Somebody cleans up good! hehe