Dominican Republic mission 09 Friday

The group left Miami on Friday with a surprised 40 minutes delay, our flight was very good. Milagros, Director of Alfali was waiting for us at the airport with a mini bus named “Arca De Noe III”, we certainly were not expecting a flood! Anna has important family in Santo Domingo that was able to get $6,000 exchanged for us in the middle of the highway, we felt a deal was going down especially with all the black bags piled up in the back of the bus. We stopped to pick up lunch, friend chicken of course it seems to be very popular around here since there are “Pollo something” signs everywhere. We ate on the run because it was late and we had a long road ahead, except for a stop at a road side fruit stand where a little boy was the sales person. The weather was rainy and the road was treacherous and dark, and our driver one of the many bright colored conspicuous road blocks that Luis was diligently watching for and let out a scream that pierced the night. Close call!!! Finally we arrived safely five hours later.