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Day 1: We arrive in El Ramone and deliver the
donated school supplies.

The Principal thanks us for our gift.

The teachers lead the students in singing
several songs for us.

The singing is a lot of fun, and the students
are quite friendly and curious about us.

Director Gordon Carter and a young Dominican.

Playing in the yard of the community center, soon
to be our home for the next 5 days.

Suzanne and Yrenia.

Ashlee and Rue inspect the tape measure.

Matt begins plans for the design of the tables and benches which will be built for the kindergarten.

Garr and Paul outside the temple in Santo Domingo.

Day 2: Waiting to leave the temple compound
and begin our stay in El Ramone, after spending
the first 2 nights in temple housing.

Matt and Paul at the shop where the wood
for the tables and chairs was purchased.

Manuel, a local furniture maker who assisted us with the projec
t, selects the boards at the wood store.

The wood is trimmed some more at the store.

The wood is tied to a small pickup, for delivery to El Ramone.

Day 3: Paul and Matt begin the process
of building the first table and bench.

Manuel uses a planer on the sides of the wood to produce a
smoother edge. He's a very fast and strong worker!

Erasmo Laura, the Dominican representative to the United Nations, visits with us in El Ramone.

From Left to Right: Paul Bohman, Erasmus Laura,
a San Cristobal City worker, Matt Bradford,
The Mayor of San Cristobal, an official from San Cristobal,
Garr Cranney, Liz Anderson, Ashlee Cutler.

Paul and Matt put the finishing touches on the first bench.

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The first bench is finished!	Manuel uses a power drill to build a table.
The first table is finalized.	Meanwhile, the sanding crew is busy preparing the wood for painting, and removing sharp edges.
Day 4: A typical meal during our stay.	This luncheon included a salad of lettuce, cabbage, peppers and carrots; Dominican beans and rice; and a side dish of stewed okra.
The youth provide us with an impromptu performance, playing drums, tambourines, and a güira (a metal idiophone also known as guayos, or graters, because of their resemblance to the kitchen tool.)	The children are eager to use their new furniture, even before it is painted.
Ygrenia and Arlen enjoy laughing and coloring together.	Liz has a photo opp with her new friends.
Paul cuts wood with the power saw and Liz holds it steady.	Rue helps finish the cuts in the wood which the round power blade can't reach.
Day 5: All seven of us travel to San Cristobal to meet with the mayor in the city government building.	Jamie and Ygrenia pose for the camera.
In order to allow time for multiple layers of paint to dry, Manuel agrees to start the painting process at 10pm on Friday night.	Day 6: Saturday we paint the tables a bright yellow called Amarillo.
The local youth and children are enthusiastic painters!	Jamie and Marta, the local nurse who has cooked several meals for us, help to paint the benches.
Some of the benches are painted by hand, and the rest are done by Manuel with the sprayer, to speed the process.	The sign marking the driveway entrance to the community center area.

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The local kids pose in front of the tables.

We all pose in front of the benches, as well.

The children a so cute they deserve a close-up!

Jami, Manuel Sr., Marta, Suzanne, and Carmen
(who cooked many meals for us) pose with the benches.

Cooking was done on an open fire such as this
because electricity is unreliable.

Day 7: We thank Manuel for his much needed help
with the gift of a Head Lamp (flashlight).

Everyone poses with the tables and benches in the
schoolroom where they will be used.

Closeup on the chicken,
who we later saw on a leash.

Numbers were added to the tabletops as a finishing touch,
and another level of functionality.

The outside of the school, which has
two large classrooms.

The mountains as seen from the winding road
on the way to El Ramone.

On the way out of El Ramone, we see meat for sale.
Somehow we manage to talk Liz out of a purchase. . .

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