New site looking better

      As we had our last team and last day of classes
for the winter on April 4th, We continued to work

Dave and Ryan working the concrete on the back ramp

Re-constructing the playgroung equipment.

Dave and Gerald working on the TV shelf

Vernon Working on one of the closets

Dan working on one of the closets.

Gerald Lee and Ryan Troyer on the back ramp

Angela Miller helping out during their stay with us.

The Shore team on the last day after a great week.

at the new site. Karen and I both had some help there over the last several week as the Miller family from Middlebury, Indiana (That leaves it pretty open as to who :)) spent a week with us helping out. Joel helped me with several small projects that needed finished up and Angela helped Karen with a little and a lot of organizing. Thanks for the help and encouragement while you were here.
      Then the second week in April, Shore Mennonite, our home congregation, sent a team down of 8 men to basically finish up everything else and do the actual move. By weeks end, we had poured about 5 yds of concrete, moved the playground and reset it up, put numerous doors and shelves up, even moved about 40 banana trees. Thanks to Gerald Lee, Gerald Nisley, Dave Wenger, Dennis Troyer, Ryan Troyer, Vernon Birkey, Greg Unternahrer and Dan Unternahrer. We also had the privilege of having Carlos join us for the week from right here in Jarabacoa. We had such a great week overall. At one of our breaks Gerald Lee and Dave were asked what the were working on inside and the reply was "well whatever Karen tells us to do" I told them, welcome to my life. Ha.
       On a more serious note, this past week has been more of a reflection time for me as it was my last week at Genesis. Monday a couple of us will be meeting with some leadership members and looking to see what some of what my new role will hold here. More on that on the Unternahrer family blog .
      We will be re-opening in May with the teachers returning on the 6th, the teachers on the 13th and then the first team of the summer on May 20th. We are also still working on the details of signing up as a recognized school with the Dominican Republic. That has been on Karen's list of things she has wanted to accomplish since arriving almost one year ago. It is fun to see her and Maribel get excited about that prospect and what all it will mean. Hopefully more details on that later.