I’ve been here fore two weeks now, and already I’m starting to slack on the blogging! I’ve gotten so comfortable here it feels more like I’ve been here for two months than two weeks. In summary--training days are long but useful, vaccines frequent but necessary, and the people are diverse and yet share countless interests` and values. As someone who is used to very little down time, I’m adjusting rather easily to the endless hours spent “compartiendo”.
Dominican word of the day: “compartir”. This literally means “to share”, but here the significance is so much greater. Sharing is everything and great deal of importance is placed on the act of spending time with people. The activity itself is not important—you might be sitting on the corner for hours and only talking intermittently—but this is to “compartir”. The significance is not just sharing things or time, but rather sharing your life. This deeply engrained value in Dominican culture has already taught me a lot.
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