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Mom Gives DR a Third Chance
By Jac | April 19, 2010
Well, with how good last year’s trip went, how could my mom not want to return? The first time Mom came it rained and we walked for miles and took rides in over crowded cars. I think the whole experience overwhelmed her a bit. Not the type to give up, she made a second trip back in April of 2009 and saw Anton and me have the privilege of being interviewed at the English assembly. This time, I wanted to do something different; I wanted to show her the island.
Mom got in, but her suitcases didn’t. 
Thankfully they made it before we headed up to Constanza, one of my fav towns in DR. It’s in the middle of nowhere, so I am not sure if I could actually live there, but it is a breathtaking town set up high in valley in the mountains.
We explored around there for a couple days, found a little stream and a giant dam, and then headed down to Bonao to visit Jeremy Fryc. Mom ended up going on a Creole study with him, and helping him with the French texts he had to read at his Creole public talk the next day. Since they don’t have a Creole Bible yet, they use the French translation.
After the mountains we hung out a couple more days in Santiago, had an incredible dinner with friends, the boys (Anton and David) put on a concert for us and the neighborhood, and then we headed off to Las Terrenas, a French enclave on the Northeast side of the island, where we stayed with good friends for a few days.
It was a busy, but awesome trip!
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