Life is Simply Beautiful

The other morning I was at a friend of mines house drinking some coffee. He is building a gorgeous house on top of the mountain we already live on. It has a beautiful view of the mountains and the Caribbean Sea. While we were sitting drinking our coffee it started to rain but just as it stopped, I looked out to the sea to only be greeted by a beautiful rainbow that started in the valley and continued into the sky! It brought simply joy to my heart I just had to take a picture of it! It has been long since I have seen a rainbow, especially with such a beautiful background!

Enjoy the little moments because sometimes that is all we have!

National Day of Prayer!

-My host mom and myself and church-

October 10, 2010 was national day of prayer, a day for everyone to show gratitude for everything that Dominica is blessed with. During the church service everyone wears their National wear and the church is decorated with national fabrics and more flowers then usually! Also, more of the mass id one in the Creole (the local language) compared to normal church services which is done in English!



-Lovely ladies at church showing off their traditional wear!-


-Dayna (Other PCV who came a year after me), OUR Host Mom, and myself-

I do love National Day of Prayer because the church is extra bright with the individuals in their traditional wear and it just has a good feeling!


-My landlord's daughter and myself outside of my house before she headed to church-

Dominica is FAMOUS!

I do not have a TV at my home which I am fine with because I am not a big fan of TV anyways! I am never up to date on TV shows, who is dating who, what is going on in the world! I just live in my little island world and enjoy it!

I got wind that they were filming a show in Dominica and actually met one of the guys that is working for it during the summer! Then all of sudden I see on all of the PCV facebook pages this link to 'Man, Woman, Wild!' I do not know much about the show but they did an episode in Dominica! Where they were placed in the middle of the rain forest and expected to get out! Showed how they survived, what they ate, how they built their beds, ect! Honestly, I found the whole thing very funny and dramatic because I live on the island and know better but it is still worth a watch!

If you are interested of seeing more about the Natural Isle of Dominica check out this link (make sure to watch all three videos to see the whole episode!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1M30w489bo

2nd Annual Peace Football Match

Last Saturday, my organization held its Second Annual Peace Football Match in honor of Peace One Day, which is 21 September of each year!

This year, we had three teams participate. Two from the area of the capital and than other from the country side! I am hoping next year it is has even more team participate. It was amazing to see the 13 and under boys out there playing the game they love. That age is fun... the sport has not become too stressful or pressure filled yet and you can tell they just love the sport! There was a group of Moms or Aunties who were supporting their boys and reminded me so much of the WM parents at every volleyball game! They were loud, passionate, and wanted to see their boys succeed.



Overall, I am very happy with the success of the event! Mother Nature was good to us and it prevailed a positive message through sports!

Why I adore my students!

Some of my students after receiving back packs from the local cell phone company! It is the front of my school!

It was my second week at the school but my first week of doing my small tutoring groups at the school. I am still doing the same activities as last year. One day a week I go to the school and work with Grade 1 to Grade 4 students who need extra attention. A lot of my same students see me and it is great to see improvement! They must of been working this summer!

A wave or tropical storm had been passing Dominica and causing the sea to be really rough, it was very windy, and raining! No damage happened, it is just life living on a tropical island! That particular Tuesday was gloomy but not raining! Then all of a sudden, the sky opened and the RAIN FELL! When I say fell I mean DOWN POURED! The palm trees were going crazy with the windy, the rain was coming into the classrooms because of the wind and what not!

My student looked at me with a serious and frank but not worried face and said: "Miss, it looks like a hurricane Oui!" All I could do was smile because I agreed with him!

Happy List!

Motivated to do this blog after reading my friend's blog about her 'Happy Things' list she posted today!

- Woke up extra early today- and show the aftermaths of the sun setting over the mountains onto the sea. The sky had a thin pink line of clouds followed by the baby blue of clouds! It was a lovely way to wake up!

- Being able to take a nap in the morning after seeing the beauty and before church

- Coffee and Tea all morning!

- A cool but sunny day!

- Watching Austin cough into his elbow!

- Completing my WHOLE To Do List!

- Eating Mike and Ikes while Studying!

- Finishing my book

- Knowing that on Saturday I will take my GRE and it will be one less I have to concern myself with! Knowing that after my test, Alicia will be waiting for me so we can celebrate by going to the beach that we are BOTH done with our exams!

- Mexican food on Tuesday with my lovies!

- Streaming my two favorite TVs on line!

- In bed before 10P

xoxox

Books Books and MORE Books!

The agency that I work with is connected with a young lady, she is around twelve or thirteen and is living in the States. She has family from Dominica and wanted to give back to Dominica. She thought the best may to give back to Dominica was to assit in the students and literacy! Throughout the course of the year she has collect various books and educational books for all grades and then shipped them down to Dominica! The office staff and myself had the task of empty out the barrels (which are about four feet tall and I cannot reach the bottom of the barrel if it is standing straight up!) and sort all of the books! The books will be going to five different schools, one being the primary school in my village!


Thetwo barrels about about an eighth of the books that were donated!


It is amazing to see selfless giving hearts in action!