Green olives

So now I know how the Survivor contestants feel when they get food. I am seriously starting to miss food from home. Since this is such a small town the little tiendas carry only the basics like eggs, rice, noodles and limited veggies and fruit. We bought hot dogs one night and we had hot dog stir fry which is a first. There is an open air meat place which We were scared to try at first, but after eating eggs and rice for four meals in a row, we decided to buy a chicken and boil it down for soup. It came with the feet. Not sure what to do with those yet. Found out when we bought the chicken that they are kept in a small refrigerator thing so we are okay with it now. We now take the bus for a half hour to a bigger town that has a supermarket with a wider variety of food. I have never been so happy to see a bottle of green olives in my life. It's the little things.

On Thursday, we went with 10 people and two large suitcases in a 7 passenger vehicle to Santo Domingo where the assembly hall is located. We went there to help clean for the regional convention. We thought we would be sweeping the auditorium or cleaning bathrooms. When we got there we were given the assignment of cleaning the parking lot after they had cut down huge branches off of the trees.

Here is the parking lot after we were done. We forgot to take a before picture since we got right to work and it was pouring rain.

Here is the beautiful baptism area.

On the way home we saw an animal in the road. It was moving in a strange way and we thought it had been hit and was trying to move. But when we got closer we saw that it was a Sloth (Perezoso)!! It was trying to cross the road. Very cool to see! We stopped to eat on the side of the road and went back to get a picture of the sloth, but by then someone had helped it back into the jungle.

We have been enjoying the beach. There are hundreds of sand dollars (Estrellas del mar) every time we go out. We also saw a Sea turtle shell washed up on the beach. The tides here are strange and we can't figure them out yet. 

Love to all back home😘