Max pretending to be asleep!
Alex, Marta, sus hijas, Nataly, Emil and I!!
Oscar... Oh man that kid makes me laugh!
David & Elizabeth!
Elizabeth's mom, Hanniel, and I!!
Elizabeth and Hanniel!! He's so little...
Romy Castellanos!! Crazy as ever!
David helping with Hanniel!
Elizabeth and I taking Hanniel to the dr....
Hanniel sleeping soundly in the car.
Elizabeth & Hanniel at the hospital.
Alexandra Marrero!! Waiting for Elizabeth at the hospital.
Jairo Mora with his daughter Dashelle.
Oscar & Hanniel!
Hna. Sandoval & Oscar, we went to check out the church!
David Mercado, Javier Cortes, & I!! We went and visited Elder Cortes and his family at his home. I felt bad we couldn't stay longer at his house.
With the Cortes Family!
David Mercado, Alexandra Marrero, Oscar, Elizabeth's Mom and I outside Alexandra's house!
La Vega or Las Vegas, DR style!
Emil Navarro taking me to the bus stop!
Hna. Ventura's youngest daughter! What a cutie!
Ashley!
Evelyn Ventura and I took the kids to the aquarium! They were so excited all day to go and we had so much fun!! Ashley kept us on our toes!
Ashley, posing for the camera! What a little princess! She is so much like her mother!
Evelyn Ventura with the kiddos!
Me with the dinosaurs!! Good thing it didn't fall on my head!
On the ocean front!
Me on the ocean front!
The gorgeous water hole!
Along the coastline!
Duarte, Capital Monument for Santo Domingo!
Hna Marta Landa & I on the guagua headed to Nizao to stay with Hna Elizabeth DeLaCruz!
Hna Marta Landa & Hna Elizabeth DeLaCruz cooking espagettis (spaghetti) for dinner!
Familia Paulino! Chiqutin, Marcia, Junior, & Daniel....
Me with Chemi & his mom Hna Justa!! Chemi is a miracle! He lives in my last area in Nizao de Bani. Right before I got to this area Chemi was in a horrible, horrible motorcycle accident. The last time I saw Chemi before leaving my mission, he was paralyzed from the waist down. A little while after his accident his wife left him and didn't want anything to do with him. When mom and dad came to get me from my mission Chemi was in the hospital having his 2nd operation. He wasn't able to get baptized until after I left Nizao because he couldn't get his whole body wet. A few months after I left he was baptized!
Well, when I went back to the DR, I went to church in Nizao. After sacrament meeting Chemi came up to me, and said, Hna. Nielson do you recognize me? I said, "Your face yes, but I don't remember your name." He said it's me, Chemi. Remember the last time you saw me I was in bed and couldn't move. I almost started crying when I realized who Chemi was. He now has had a total of 7 operations and now only needs the assistance of a cane to help him walk! He truly is a miracle! He is now the 1st councilor in the Branch Presidency in Nizao and is very active in the church! He is truly an inspiration to me and great example of not loosing faith in Jesus Christ!
Daniel and I!
Bryan (Hna. DeLaCruz's son!)
Danny and I!
Nia & Pasquel!
Yessenia & her kids! Nia's daughter and grandkids!
Pasquel & I!!
Las Matas de Farfan! I went and helped my friend Anna at school, and this is a picture from her classroom.
My friend Anna teaches 2nd grade. She was giving a test this day, so I went and helped her give the test!
Anna's 2nd grade class!
A rooster!
Anna, I & Mariana. This is Cesar's grandma & aunt! Mariana was my mom when I was in Las Matas! If we were ever hungry we would go to Mariana's house and she would feed us! She gave me the biggest hug when I went and saw her! She thought that I had forgotten about her.
Majorie & Daphanie, Pasquel's beautiful daughters!
The girls playing on the roof!
Marjorie having lots of fun with the foam stickers!!
Darwin, eating like a crazy man! Funny guy!
Hna Santa Delgado & I!
One Saturday I went with Emil Navarro's family to their Ward Christmas Party!! The party was at a swimming pool! It was gorgeous and we had a lot of fun! And we ate soooo much good food!! Max at the pool!
Emil Navarro cutting the bread for lunch!
Nataly & her mom Josephina!!
Hna Hernandez and the Bishop with the pig head... Gross
Emil & Bishop with the pig head.
Nataly & Emil!! What a cute couple!
Navarro Family!
Max found a girlfriend!!
Aquino Family!
Aquino, Nielson, & Santos!!
Aquino, Navarro, Nielson & Santos!!!
Emil & Nataly. This is the night before I flew home. We went to get my last minute gifts I wanted to take to
family!
Max & I being silly!
Max with the Croc!
Ingrid and her kids. Ingrid is Emil's sister!
Ready to go the airport!
Dominican Republic Airport!
Dominican Republic Airport....
In the plane getting ready to go home. How sad, I can't believe how fast the time went by. I saw so many good friends. Wish I could have seen more people. But I will see them the next time I go!!
