A few Dominican moments...

1.) Yesterday I was driving down Moo Cow Trail and all of the goats were galloping (galloping? I don't know what you call it...faster than walking, but not running) in front of my car. There is one goat that has a bum leg. He only walks on 3 legs. He was hobbling along the best he could, but could not keep up. It was extra hot yesterday and the poor goat kept stopping to catch his breath, but then when he saw how he was being left behind he would try to hop even faster down the trail. I felt so bad for him! And I was so mad at the other goats for being so stupid and not realizing that their buddy couldn't move that fast. It wasn't like I could offer the poor goat a ride, and I didn't know what else to do... so I prayed. I said, "Lord, I know that it's strange to pray for a goat, but will you just help him since none of his friends seem to care?". Maybe I've lost it...that was the first time I've ever prayed for a goat...well, maybe the 2nd. :) I prayed for Wilbur, the newborn goat, one night when we had a huge thunderstorm because I was afraid he was scared or that he was going to die in the storm. Anyway, I know it's weird...you don't have to tell me!

2.) I was driving down Banana Trail today and came to a screeching halt because somebody parked right in the middle of the road and left just enough room for my car to pass with about 1/2 a centimeter in between us. I couldn't run off the road at all because there was a ditch on my other side. To make matters worse, a local was standing about 2 feet away peeing. Gross. Just talking on his cell phone and somewhat attempting to hide behind a palm tree trunk for his privacy (he was about 3 times wider than the palm tree).

3.) Yesterday we were enjoying our Sunday lunch at Subway and all of a sudden a huge black iguana came running towards the area we were seated in. When they come straight towards you, they really look like small dinosaurs. It ended up crawling up a tree and not coming any closer to us.

4.) This morning I watched as a new spouse hurriedly jumped in her car in a rush to leave. Only, she jumped into the passenger seat because she forgot we drive on the opposite side here.

5.) Ralna and her family were invited by their landlord to a village feast in Pinnville. It's maybe 30 min away. So on Sunday Ralna loaded her kids up and went to this big feast. Craig couldn't go because they have tests and finals this week. Ralna, being the smart lady she is, made spaghetti to contribute to the feast (because she knew her kids would eat that, but probably wouldn't eat anything served at the village feast). She said when they got there, at 1:00 on a Sunday afternoon, the man who greeted them was a little bit drunk. He was trying to show her around and told her the kids would be fine where they were. She was a nervous wreck. Then her landlord showed up (a nice lady) and was so excited that they were there. She said a man put a plate full of breadfruit and pig snout in front of her. Then she said "He put about a cup of vegetable oil on top of everything, smiled, and told me to enjoy my meal!!". Ha ha! Ralna said she didn't know what to do, so she choked down some breadfruit and stirred the pig snout around on her plate so it would look like she had eaten some. She whispered to the kids "Eat your spaghetti and don't dare comment that you're hungry!".