Superman!

I know some of you are wandering how chickens have sex. We all know it happens....because we have eggs......but does a rooster stand near a chicken and ....it happens? Don't pretend like you don't care. We are all a little curious. There are so many feathers.......anyway.....i saw it happen the other day.

Good story

Today was our first day of Club Superman!

....and it was awesome. Class was supposed to start at 10am, but promptly at 8am the kids were at my door asking how much time was left before class. Look, Dominicans have a habit of arriving late for everything so i am going to nurture this attitude of being two hours EARLY for everything and maybe it will all equal out in the end. Anyways, we started class at 9 something and it ended at 12. We spoke of how, like superheroes, we have a responsibility to our communities and families. We did various activities that reinforced the importance of working effectively as a team and how crucial communication is in achieving results. We talked about having pride for your country and what the Dominican flag stands for, then proceeded to create our own personal flags that represented us personally. Most ended up being the same as the Dominican flag......but a few were pretty creative. Many responses were along the lines of, "I used red because my shirt is red", or, "I used pink because i like girls", atta boy (Cholo).
We ended our day together by heading to the river after lunch. It was hard to believe that about half the kids in our group had never been to a watering hole that was a mere 20 minute walk from town. Needless to say we enjoyed ourselves. We are Supermen!

Other things on the docket involve continuing dental hygiene education in the schools we missed and a cool seminar on diabetes/hypertension with a specialist from Santiago, to be held in Valle Nuevo.

Oh yea.....and THE CENSUS IS OVER. Yes you heard right, trumpets sound, the crowd roars, THE CENSUS IS OVER. Luckily, FIMRC is collaborating with MPH programs at Drexel University, and all the data I have collected was recently handed over to a lovely young lady who will proceed to crunch the numbers and make a fancy report out of it! Teamwork! We also have two chikas developing an awesome interactive, hands-on nutrition curriculum with both a school wide and house-visit implementation program. Praise the Lord, right? This guy (thumbs pointed at me) is not the brightest muffin in the toolbox.

Also, Victor just brought me a potted onion plant. SWEET!

Adios