Adding it up…
The last Hero Holiday of the summer leaves for the Mexico from BC in a bit over 2 weeks. It has been a great summer so far, 3 trips down, 1 to Mexico, 2 to the DR and 3 trips left. Switch that around now, 2 to Mexico and 1 to […]
Archive for July, 2008
UPDATED: Travel Update for DR Trip
Published by July 28th, 2008 in Front Page and Dominican Republic. 0 CommentsUPDATE: All our Ontario Arrivals have made it back to Ontario.Our Western Departure group is staying another night in New York City. We hope these students will not be too upset about their now extended trip that includes a boat tour of Statin Island, the Statue of Liberty, and Ground Zero. They will be in Toronto by noon on Weds July 30, and will fly to Vancouver or Edmonton from there.
There were mass flight cancellations due to bad weather at JFK airport in New York City last night, where we make our connecting flights (to Seattle and Buffalo). Jet Blue canceled about 60 out of 80 flights! Both the Seattle and Buffalo flights were canceled. Here is the update on how this affects our travel:
Ontario Arrival: We managed to charter a bus last minute from JFK, so ETA for Travelodge in Toronto is 10:30am July 28.
Western Arrival: Delayed overnight in New York city due to bad weather. ETA is unknown (waiting from Jet Blue for reschedule).
More details will be posted at 12pm today July 28.
It is coming up to 21 days that i have been in the Dominican Republic this summer and not a day has gone by where this trip has not impacted my life in some way, shape or form. For all who are reading this note, i will take this time to encourage you all to […]
...continue readingToday was my day off, so I got to sleep in this morning (MUCH needed!) but a few of us wanted to go to Arroyo in the afternoon to play with the kids and just hang out. It was nice to just be able to play and relax and not have to worry about […]
...continue readingI had seen him around the garbage dump for the past 2 years, but not thought much of it. There are a lot of faces that I see here every day that I come out to this place that has come to be a place of understanding, compassion, and friendship. Today, I saw past his […]
...continue readingToday I went to the dump. It was amazing. We put on our leather gloves and rubber boots and dove in. Our job was to collect plastic recycibles like bottles and put them in plastic bags. Haitans do this for a living and we were each paired up with a local Haitan. It was such […]
...continue readingI had so much fun today! I LOVE going to Arroyo Seco and the other leaders and I often comment how it is the happiest place in the world. Just driving up to it you can feel the warmth when the kids run to greet you and the adults wave from their houses. We have […]
...continue readingToday our team was at the school site Dominican Advance for the day. Whenever we take breaks there, the girls will sit us down and start playing with our hair. Usually they are younger and just do little braids or ponytails, but I had a little girl who was about 9 doing mine, and she […]
...continue readingToday we headed out in the bus to go to the Conani Orphanage in Santiago. It is always interesting to see how people will react when they first visit the orphanage. A lot of people are really uncomfortable with it and are scared of picking up the children or playing with them, as […]
...continue readingLet me introduce our next family… Mexico, Summer 08
Published by July 19th, 2008 in Mexico. 1 CommentIt is my pleasure to introduce to you our next family to receive a home, Miguel and Ofelia with their three daughters. The Mexico Hero Holiday arriving in San Diego on August 2nd will be changing this families lives. Currently they are living in a put-together house, and because it is missing parts of […]
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