When we arrived to the mission community on Friday morning, we found that a dog had walked across the wet cement after we had left on Thursday night. You would have thought that once the dog got into it, it would have made a beeline out, but noooooooooo, it walked the full length of the newly poured concrete sidewalk.
The concrete crew had to some repair work on Friday morning to fill in the "dog tracks"
Work continued on the walls around the new statue
The Dominican government required this wall around the new playground for the school
It's New Year's Eve in the Dominican, and we went out for dinner. A donor had sponsored our meal. It was a great meal of chicken and steak, under a thatched roof outdoor courtyard.
After dinner, we boarded our "taxis" and were taken up to the top of the hill to the Bishop's home and compound. His home overlooks the city of Higuey and the vista was beautiful.
We had mass in the Bishop's private chapel. Father Andy Turner conducted the mass.
After mass, we played "Name that Tune" in the conference center located on the grounds of the Bishop's home. It was a team effort. One team got 43 out of 50 questions right.
A view of the city of Higuey at night from the Bishop's compound
New Year's is a huge event in the Dominican. It includes a lot of alcohol so we headed back to the hotel and were told to stay within the hotel for the rest of the evening. The celebration for the Dominicans lasted well into the next day.
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