Archive for October, 2008
Santiago Children’s Hospital - Bring Your Own… Biopsy Needle???
Sunday, October 26th, 2008Over these last couple of weeks I have spent more time in random hospitals and clinics in Santiago than I ever imagined I would. First, a deaf sister from La Vega, a neighboring town, named Roxana was hospitalized and needed round the clock care. She has been back and forth from her city to the [...]
Dominican Residency (almost)
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008I’m at work right now, well, on break actually and thought I’d write a little.
Exciting news, I just got an email from the branch here informing me that (drum roll please) my residency is FINALLY ready to be picked up! I am thrilled! It has been quite a long time coming, in fact, we started [...]
Dominican signing at it’s finest
Thursday, October 9th, 2008So many people are under the conception that here in the Dominican we use ASL (American Sign Language). This is partially true since as a whole, Jehovah’s Witnesses us ASL all over the island in our preaching and meetings. What many don’t realize though is that there is a clear and distinct “Dominican Sign Language” [...]
Aaaaaaaand the fruits of my labour
Thursday, October 9th, 2008So I pondered good and hard what to do with my newfound bagely treats and I’ve decided that THIS is it! When Jac and I got married and I moved down here, a good friend of mine who’s lived here for 14 years advised me that the best way to make a long term success [...]
Mmmmm… BAGELS!
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008I’m a bit of a bread fiend, which is sad since my wife is allergic to gluten. None the less, I have been on a mission to find good bagels in this country and yet… all I can find is Thomas’ at the super market and they are expensive! ($5 for a bag) So tonight [...]
It’s official, I’m an idiot!
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008Well I guess I should have been thinking before I canceled the other hosting account because while I DID pull all of the content from the blog to put onto the new server, I did not think to export the old SQL database so… all the old posts and comments are gone. I guess we [...]
Our hockey season has already begun…
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008Just what do a bunch of North Americaners in the Dominican Republic do to keep close to their roots? Why, play hockey of course!
We used to play out on the landing strip at the old airport until one day, after weeks of being rained out, we decided to search for another local. That rainy Friday [...]
Billy
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008Yes, as strange as it is, I met a little boy down here named Billy! I figured it was time for us to put up a preaching experience. Billy is the newest student we’ve been visiting. He is 8 years old and quite fun to be around. We had been looking for a few months for a [...]
Stanley and Lidstrom
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008As excited as we are about the hockey season starting, and Detroit being the team to beat again, this post isn’t about the Red Wing’s captain, nor about Lord Stanley’s Cup. It is about our puppies!
Stanley is now 6 1/2 months old, and Lidstrom is 5 1/2 months old. They are causing more and more [...]
Wheels!
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008So we finally did it! After Jac’s 4 years and my 1 year of enduring public transportation in Santiago, we finally saved enough to buy a car. I have to say we couldn’t have done it without a good friend of mine (Tito Abreu) who helped us through the whole thing. We drove all over [...]
A little help… please
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008I was just sitting here at work, waiting on something and my mind started to wander. I started thinking about our cong. and what we are going to do about the recent loss of our video projector. (I have my theories on how it broke but let’s dispose of the finger pointing.) All of a [...]
Well hello there!
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008So after many months of avoiding the regular updating of our website, I have finally decided to just install blogging software on our server and be done with it! Here is our new and (not really) improved (just easier to maintain) website! (insert fanfare here) We will try to be more regular with pictures and [...]