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I am told the first election results will be available at 8:00 p.m. Already in Jamao the horns honking and sounds of motores racing is crazy. People truly get excited about this. Is this just Jamao or is it happening elsewhere?

So I am now 70 years old. I am in good health, more or less. I have a great policy with Universal. It paid for a knee replacement, but nothing else over the years. However, the costs keep rising with my age. I am told since I am in the system they will never kick my out, but am now paying...

Not sure if down the mountain they are experiencing rains. But here in Jamao we have rain loads equivalent to some of the worst tropical storms I have experienced. At 2:30 p.m. today roads were flooded with about a foot of rain. Our learning center had water. Strong rains have not stopped and I...

Sorry group, but I have no shame….. Last night Strength for the Journey held our first roller skating night in Jamao.. we did it in “The Club,” which is a more of less open air tin roof community building but with a slick concrete floor. I had 20 pairs of skates donated from the US. We held 2...

The children in the pre-primaria in our Colegio count each day of school cumulatively. Yesterday was day 100 and we celebrated with activities throughout the morning. The children each came dressed as someone who is 100 years old, we built structures with 100 cups, made chains with 100 paper...

There was a bit of a discussion regarding hamburgers in the middle of another thread. I cannot remember where it was, but I took some advice I read there and will report my experience. Typically, I buy the imported angus hamburgers at Playero when they don't look frozen then unfrozen, and...

The Strength for the Journey children, families, and staff, and El Colegio Fuerza para el Viaje want to wish each of you a very merry Christmas and happy holiday season, no matter what you celebrate! Thanks to the many dr1 donors and other ex-pats who are not on dr1, we were able to hold a...

Tomorrow our Moderator Alter Ego is having hip surgery. Please join me in wishing her a quick recovery. She has been so helpful to me personally, to our kids and Strength for the Journey families, and to each of us at Dr1. We need her back with us soon!

I am posting this here, but I would bet it is happening all around the country. Mods feel free to move it if you feel it is pertinent. I was told today that our district director and many of the school directors were suspended for two months without pay for allowing teachers to live and work...

My maintenance man is traveling to the US right when we have a battery problem. Two of our 16 batteries are bad and we need to make a decision what to do. Who do you recommend as the most informed person on the North Coast? I know prices in tourist areas are frequently higher, so I also need...

Are there Alcoholics Anonymous meetings on the North coast? If so, where and when do they meet?

We have so many threads about the pathetic state of education here in the DR. I am here to counter that there are exceptions. Today was the first day at the Colegio Strength for the Journey. We are Nivel Inicial, meaning preschool and kindergarten as it is thought of in North America. The...

Strength for the Journey is selling raffle tickets for Caca de Vaca Bingo (or, in English, Cow Plop Bingo.) The event takes place August 20, at 5:00 p.m. in the baseball field of Jamao. Raffle tickets cost 200 pesos each. What is Caca de Vaca Bingo? We will make a chalk grid in the...

If you can avoid using the road from Sabaneta via Jamao to Santiago or Moca, I advise you do so. I must use this road almost daily since Jamao has no bank or real grocery store. It has gotten to the point where I prefer to go over the mountain to Santiago rather than down to Cabarete. At least...

Today I received some interesting information. I think it would make good discussion for long time residents here. It appears that the Albinar government is building roads and the economy, but the benefits are not directly trickling down, according to middle class and poor Dominicans. These...

Here in Jamao, 15 minutes ago, my bed began shaking like it was going to fall apart. Checked online. Sure enough 4.8 magnitude quake near Santiago.

Could some of you share what you pay your gardener? I have had several over the years. Most were Haitians who were good workers but knew nothing about gardening. They needed constant direction. I need to go to work and cannot be home to give it to them. Now I have a decent gardener who...

Last summer, dr1 members were extremely generous when we were collecting books for our children's library. As always, we are grateful to each of you. In addition to reading one of these books to the children every day, we run a small lending library. Doing so has helped our parents learn to...

This may seem trivial......but I need a starfish for my class next week. Anyone know a store on the north coast that sells shells and may have a starfish? Thanks for helping out!

I am looking for a digital designer to create a year end report for Strength for the Journey. I prefer the report to be changeable from English to Spanish. However, I will write and submit the information in English, since that is my strongest language. The report will not be text heavy. All...