Happy 4t h of July

This has been a really interesting 4th of July for Christopher and I here in Dominica. Well obviously since we aren't in the USA, they don't celebrate this holiday. I can honestly say that we have never been more happy to be Americans. Living here has really opened up our eyes to show us how great we have it in the US. But we made the most of the holiday. Friday Chris still had to go to class in the morning and then he had an intramural game in the afternoon. That evening we had a cookout for our Church (RCF). RCF puts on a free cookout every semester for the students and it happened to fall on the fourth of July this time. We had hamburgers! They were really good for a Dominican burger. RCF served over 500 people. It was really awesome. So although we missed our families a whole lot this past weekend while they were at the lake and just enjoying good ol' American food we made the best of it.

We also celebrated our friend Andrea's birthday. We went to a place called Big Papa and it was delicious. It was probably the best Dominican food we have had since we have been here. Christopher and I both had Red Snaper. It was great. We went with Andrea and Kyle and Ashley and Ryan. And then yesterday morning Ashley through a brunch for Andrea's birthday with our bible study. So we have had a fun weekend celebrating Andrea's birthday.

Me,Andrea, and Ashley at Big Papa's

My bible study group. Ashley, Andrea, Ralna, Me, and Katrina

Christopher is studying really hard for his next exam that is coming up on Monday. Please keep him in your prayers as he continues to prepare for it. We will be home in 6 weeks and we can't wait! We miss everyone!