Day #8 Campo Nuevo

Campo Nuevo was great! The church we used was huge and had a concrete fence which was great! At other churches we had been using the fence was just sticks and barbed wire. Yesterday the fence came crashing down because the people were pressing up so hard against it.

There was plenty of room to set everyone up inside. It was really hot today though. I'm not sure if it was just bad ventilation or if it just was hotter.

Dr. Tidwell and Bruce (the dentists) were on fire again. There were over 300 kids in Campo Nuevo so we told everyone that we only brought medicines for kids. There just wasn't enough time to see adults. But some of the adults were coming up to the window next to Bruce and telling him they needed teeth pulled. He'd take a quick look, give them a numbing shot, and a couple minutes later pull the tooth out. This was all through the window. It was hilarious! I'll try to get a picture of it from someone.

Today is probably the most Creole we had. The first 5 or so people we saw didn't speak any Spanish at all. So Vincent (the guy in the light blue pants) was there to interpret for us. He is from Haiti and works at a resort in Punta Cana, but had come today to help us out. He speaks English, Spanish, Creole, and French. He was a huge help! He also decided to give me some great dating advice :)

The living places out here were more apartment style. I'm not sure if this Batey is older or newer than the other ones we went to.

This is our taxi van driver Christian. He was HILARIOUS!!!! Here we are in front of the sugar can fields. Below is a video of Christian and Bruce singing happy birthday.