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More Carnival Parade Pictures!

-The MONSTER TRUCK fully decorated!-


-I sneaked this picture of a man with his deadlocks that were amaze placed on his bag!-


-Another Traditional Carnival Wear!-

Carnival Parade in the North!

-That Is Myself and the Other PCV just waiting for the Parade to Start!-

There is an opening Parade for Carnival in the North just like their was one in the Capital. Another Peace Corps and Myself rode up there in the Monster Energy Drink Van, which I loved to call the 'Monster Truck' and enjoyed the Parade a long with the amazing view. The village is right off the water and has breath taking scenes!


-These are Kubuli Girl (A Beer Made on the Island)! They are wearing Traditional Carnival Costumes!-



-These are SPEAKERS- They are on Truck and will go down the street with a Band Playing on it! Usually the Band members will be on the very top! As You can see the average size man is standing next to the speakers so you are able to get an ideal of how high the speakers are-

Family Time!!

Today Makes the Day I will not have internet for 11 Days! I will be in Barbados then heading over to St. Lucia to see the FAMILY!! YaY!! Secretly I am really excited about it! As much as I love the internet, some days I just don’t want to deal with it! But I know you all enjoy blogs, so I have schedule some to go on throughout the time I gone so you will still get a little piece of Dominica! Most are pictures, some stories but ALL are filled with LOVE!!

Volleyball!

The other day was my first official practice with the National Team. The date for the National Team has been set for sometime in the beginning of July, whenever that may be! We must start practicing, we must start training!

As I was playing with my new teammates, I could help but smile, smile at all of the memories of the past volleyball seasons. The days of Marshmallow Knee Pads, Long Sleeve Jerseys, Pretzels and Gatorade, Come backs you could only have during Side-Out Scoring, taking out tables, vans rides across the States, and endless inside jokes! Those are the moments I lived for while playing and I can see more memories developing with the groups of women I am playing with!

One of my Middles and Power Hitter has so much personality and passion it is contagious. She sassy and confident but will pick you up if you are done. She is a fighter and competitive as she shouted “We DON’T Lose!”

It will be an interesting Volleyball Season and we learn how each other play, find the flow, and get use to each other. We will learn each other voices, how each other plays, and what to do when one gets vex! It will take time but it will be an amazing journey!

To all that believed in me, supported me, and pushed me to be a better volleyball player, I say Thank You! I have found one of my passions and it makes me feel alive!

Pride and Peace

As most of you know, I do a reading program once a month with Grade 5 Students and Pre-K students and today was special, it had a unique vibe to it.

I walked up to the Pre-School with my 9 Grade 5 students and what awaited us was priceless. It was the Pre-K students in their groups of three sitting quickly ready to read. As I organized my Grade 5 students even more Pre-K students came to listen to the stories. At the end their was 9 Groups of 3 Students all listening and reading! Once I got all the students organized the reading began and I took an amount to look and take in the moment that was happening. Their was a sense of accomplishment, a sense of peace I felt while I over looked the readers.

Every time it amazes me to see how confident the Grade 5 students have become. They ask question, they interact, and they read with excitement in their voices. They have grown as students, they are role models for their younger reader, and they have matured. Naturally, I claim all students as mine and these students are no expectations. The program started as something I ‘had’ to do for the Peace Corps but now it is an program students look forward to, they ask me if they are reading when I meet them on the street, and they get vexed with me when I do not pick them to read! I am proud of my Grade 5 students and the leadership they demonstrate, if they only knew how proud I am of them! How amazing they truly are!