The Veron playground project was definitely the highlight of the week. I made some great friends with the kids there, so I hope that we will be able to go visit them throughout our stay. Our time with Stacey was coming to an end. Two days after the Veron project, we went to visit the local clinic which is sponsored by the Virginia Medical College of Osteopathic Medicine and the Punta Cana Hotel Group. It was just a small clinic, full of a few medical students from Virginia, and some Dominican doctors. We were given a tour by the head doctor of the clinic. There wasn't really exciting here, but it definitely pertained to our study of medical geography.
After our trip to the clinic, we went back to the foundation and had class. Before class started Heydey, the Dominican VT representative who practically runs the study abroad program here, told us that she was moving to Santo Domingo because she found another job. CHAOS!!! This came as a shock to all of us because we were all becoming quite close to her and she was pretty much was in charge of everything. She made sure we had water, hot water for showers, food in the kitchen, transportation, etc. I don't think we saw this coming so the rest of the evening was full of dealing with the shock of losing one of our friends. This is why it has been quite stressful and chaotic around here. But we decided to turn this sad occasion into a happy one, so we decided to have a pool party on Thursday. Life is good down here. I'm almost done with catching up to week four. Feel free to Skype me whenever I'm on or send me an email.
Happy Valentine's Day!!!!! Ciao.
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I heard about this from Jerry. She will be missed. It appears she wanted to be near family as well in Santo Domingo. Thanks for the great information and pictures. It was great to chat with you tonight.
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Hey ben you need to post some new stuff.
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