Above is a video of the creek behind our house. It is usually pretty calm but this is what happens when it rains a ton. And it is the reason our water turns brown.

We have been so busy since we’ve been back!!! The first week was filled with RSO (Ross Spouses Organization) things for the new members. I really like the new class of spouses that have come in. They seem to want to be really involved and are very nice. The Orientation that Sarah and I put on for the new spouses went well and the Social (for all the spouses – new and old) was a HUGE success!! It has been the biggest one since I have been here! Now its time to start planning for the huge spaghetti dinner which Sarah and I are in charge of that will be in mid November. It is for the whole campus so we feed a bunch of students!  I think I am really going to enjoy being on the RSO board this semester.

I also have started to volunteer with the Kindergarten class at the prep school on campus. There are 12 kids and they are FUN! I am doing that on Monday and Wednesday afternoons and Friday mornings. Fridays are there computer days. Can you believe that they start them on computers so early? I don’t remember – but I don’t think I was on a computer at school till like the third grade. 

Friday is the RCF (Ross Christian Fellowship) cookout. It is free so we feed about 500 people. I am cooking chocolate chip cookies for that and we have to start helping at 2:00 on Friday. We also have all the plates, napkins, etc, etc, stored at our house so our place is a mess!! We live in “studio” type house so its not like we have a lot of storage to even store our own stuff! Thankfully it will out be soon.

Justin signed up to be in charge of volleyball intramurals this semester. Well – really I signed him up because I figured it would give me something to do. And it has!!! There have been 22 teams to sign up and it has been crazy trying to figure out how to schedule everyone in just 7 weeks of playing time – and they can only play on Saturdays and Sundays. So late last night I had to have Justin help me. It took us two hours to get everything all organized. Thanks so much for your help JUSTIN!!!

I also have been making flyers like crazy. I love making flyers. It was a huge part of when I worked for my dad and so it brought back some good memories. I made flyers for all the intramural sports (7 sports) and also for the RCF cookout. 

Justin got accepted to be an Anatomy TA!!!! I am SOOOO proud of him! This will take up tons of his time but it will be good for him because it will help him to stay fresh on Anatomy (he doesn’t have the class this semester or next) and will look GREAT on his resume. So please pray that he uses exceptional time management! The Lord doesn’t give us more than we can handle right? That’s what we keep telling ourselves!

The weather here has been weird. Everyone here was complaining that there are no seasons in Dominica. Well – I am learning that Hurricane Season is definitely a huge change in the weather!! It has been so much cooler here and RAINY! Our water has been brown for four days straight now. And today it has been very windy. Everyone is loving it right now because its something different. I was hoping that come Christmas time I was going to be darker than everyone back home but so far it doesn’t look like I will be doing much tanning due to the rainy season! 

I know I promised skiing and wakeboarding videos but I haven’t had time to upload them. They are coming soon though!! Promise!

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