barry’s bootcamp: nothing too terribly exciting happened this week, but the volunteers have found a new bonding experience that has been quite fun. last week, we got some new therapy materials delivered and one of them was a huge exercise ball. but, someone apparently bought the wrong thing and this exercise ball came with all these workout dvds. so since all of us haven’t been that happy with the way all the rice is affecting our bodies… we decided to give it a go. so, everyday all the volunteers have been attending “barry’s bootcamp.” it kinda started as a joke, but it’s actually a really great workout and we’ve been having a lot of fun doing it all together. we’ve even gotten some of the tías to come join us. plus it gives me a chance to wear my suns headband since it doesn’t seem like i will be using it in the playoffs this year… sad day. 
passion sunday: this week was also the start of holy week, which is a huge holiday here… not just easter sunday, but the whole week. it was my weekend off and i had wanted to try and get back in time to go to mass with the kids, but it just didn’t work out… so i ended up going alone at a church in la romana (the city we were staying in for the weekend). it ended up being really nice though, the cathedral was right in the center of town, so the mass started in the center of the central park, where they passed out the palms and then processed into the cathedral across the street. the mass in the cathedral was very nice and i'm finally getting to the point where i can understand and participate in most of the mass… 10 months later… woohoo!"we can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or build with them." -william arthur ward
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