Ticks and pics

Only two eventful things happened since I wrote my last post (that I can think of, anyway). One was that the Amys' yard and dogs became tick-infested when someone sprayed the lot beside their house with pesticide or something. They were able to eventually get their yard treated, and Monday morning I helped Amy Green take their dogs to the vet to get bathed, treated, and "de-ticked." Arlene is in the States and we took the dogs on the back of her truck so Amy wouldn't risk getting ticks in her car. One of her dogs, Snickers, tried to jump out and just about hung himself on his leash! So I rode in the back with the dogs. It was kind of nasty because if you ran your hand over their coats you could feel the ticks under all the hair.

Snickers is on the left and Diamond is on the right. They're so sweet!

The second thing is I finished a project this afternoon. Two staff members, Jose Nolasco and Andre Lara, will be leaving SI and Nate asked me to put together a picture slideshow commemorating their years of serving with Students International. Lowell had the SI mac computer in the States with him to get repaired until Monday night. So Tuesday and today I spent all day at Troyer's house at the base putting pictures and video clips to music. The staff are having a despedida tonight in Andre's and Jose's honor.

This is Jose and Vanesa Nolasco. Jose worked construction for SI since it's beginning in the D.R., and Vanesa is a dentist with SI. They also have a 4-year-old daughter, Marcella.

This is Andre with Mary, a woman from Los Higos who had a house built by SI contruction team last year. Andre has been pastoring a church plant in Los Higos and wants to work with the church full-time. Andre recently married Johana, one of the preschool teachers with SI.