Dominican Republic - Day 1
July 15th, 2008 @ 4:58 pm
Sedative drugs are a very good thing.
I am normally not a nervous traveler, but always the night before a big trip, I get nervous. I downed 20 mg worth of valium last night at 7:30 pm and woke up fuzzy and drugged at 2:45 this morning.
Nerves, nerves, nerves.
Safety is always a concern, but normally while I’m on a trip. I don’t take into account the fact I am not graceful at any point in time, and sometime whilst showering, busted my face on a mirror. Blood began pouring out of my nose, on my hands, on the floor…and thirty minutes later with no end in sight, I pondered if it was broken.
(It is now 6 pm ET and it hasn’t bled since, so I’m going to go ahead and call it good).
Flying into Miami, and then into Santiago was pretty seamless. A small weather delay and two hours later, we’re in the DR. All of our luggage made it which is a miracle. We were warmly greeted by our hosts from GO Ministries, ate a mid-day meal and are taking advantage of the wifi.
It’s warm. It’s humid. But the breeze is nice and the sounds of a city yet to be explored surround us.
I’ve uploaded some photos on our Flickr page here…there aren’t many…the bandwidth isn’t like home, but I hope you’ll stop by and check them out.
We’ll be heading out for ice cream later, getting a good night’s rest, and then on to a construction site tomorrow.
Thanks everyone for your prayers!
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Phil Thompson said,
July 15, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Oh wow, sorry to hear about the nose, but it looks okay in the pic. We are praying for you guys, you will be fine! Looking forward to hearing more, but with less blood.
Crystal Renaud said,
July 15, 2008 at 6:23 pm
good grief. you ask me to pray for one thing and then something totally random happens! wow. only you.
praying for you and i love you.
John Ireland said,
July 15, 2008 at 6:27 pm
praying for you, friend…
Andy McMahon said,
July 15, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Wow. So you don’t think you broke your nose? Hrm. Sometimes, it doesn’t bleed much until you set the bone again. I mean. I hope it’s not broken, I just wanted to warn you. Have a really awesome Trip! I am totally Praying for all of you guys!
Stacha Murphy said,
July 15, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Anne, you don’t know me but my daughter, Paige, is traveling there with MCC, so I loved getting to see the pictures you have posted. Thanks a lot for sharing!! Enjoy the trip, we will be praying for all of you!
Stacha
brandiandboys said,
July 15, 2008 at 8:38 pm
I know exactly where you’re sitting! Wish I was there too, just seeing the pictures makes me a little jealous!
Praying for you all!
Jan Owen said,
July 15, 2008 at 8:59 pm
praying, praying, praying….
Aaron said,
July 16, 2008 at 7:18 am
I am praying friend - I can’t wait to read about all the impacts you make this week.
Kenyon said,
July 16, 2008 at 11:02 am
Dude, talk about a wake up call…a busted nose at 2:30 in the morning? Hope the rest of the trip is way more fun and not as dangerous as showering.
kristiapplesauce said,
July 18, 2008 at 2:11 am
That’s fantastic about your nose. Totally random. At least you can laugh about it later…right? Right. Okay…anyways, I like your necklace in the picture. Mission jewelry is the best.