pics. campo. neon walls.

so here are some pics from when i met up with emmaus people in santo domingo...





none of them were taken by me. because i didn't take any pics that week. which sadly reflects my picture taking discipline for most of my trip.

but i did take some pics when i went with my host parents to the campo (the rural area of the country) this weekend. saturday i went with them to their family's house out there and we spent the whole day there seeing lots of their fam and just relaxing. it definitely confirmed that the old people here are definitely my favorite people here. they are so so cool. granted i dont know what they are saying a lot of the time, they are still total dominators. things i learned this weekend that i would like to do/ have one day... first of all, growing your own food is just about the coolest junk ever. the thought of just going to your backyard and grabbing some plantains or oranges or whatever is out of this world to me. it definitely feels like the way we were made to live and eat. so i feel like one day i would like to grow some food. i dont plan on living on a farm, not that it wouldn't be so sweet, but i do want to get something out of my backyard. another thing, i hope to have a tin roof someday. when it rains it is the greatest sound and i love it so much. so yes, hopefully that will happen one day. well see. one thing i dont want that i discovered in the campo is tarantulas. eduardo macheted a tarantula that was in the cabinet when we first got there. fortunately, i only saw it dead. insane-o. so that was great. well i was going to add pics but it is taking forever/not working so those will have to wait.
basically, it was a great time.
so then on sunday, brie and i went with daysi and eduardo to their daughters apartment and hung out with the whole immediate fam, like their daughters and their fams. it was hilar and fun as always. overall, all the family time has been really good for me. it is definitely one of my favorite parts of being here and i hadnt seen a lot of the fam in quite a while. so that was really good as i have been missing home and friends and fam recently. but god always provides and always seems to surprise me. so yeah thats all i have for now. i got some serious medicine this weekend after daysi insisted a lot. and it is kicking in fortunately.
love and miss you all,
sal