Reunion (the 16 day celebration my organization is planning) begins next week so I don’t have much time to write but I want to share a couple things.
On Sunday night in a meeting I was referred to as “Sister Erin” by several people. It was awesome. Dominicans use the prefix “Teacher”, “Auntie”, “Uncle”, “Sister” and “Brother” when referring to people in the community (or people they are actually related to which is almost everyone). This was my first time being called “Sister Erin” and it has a nice ring to it. Wouldn’t it be a great twist if I became a nun?
I saw 2 night rainbows this weekend! What’s that? Night rainbows can’t exist because science? Wrong. Night rainbows only happen during a full moon and they are much weaker than day rainbows because moonlight (or sun light reflected) is much weaker. This weekend was rainy and there was a full moon. My first night rainbow was coming right out of the sea on Friday night and on Saturday night while I was sitting on my porch a night rainbow came out just three houses below me. I didn’t get to take pictures but I’ve stolen a picture on the interwebs to show you how spectacular they are.
Finally for your Dominican phrase books: “Go to come back”
I just figured out what this means on Friday. My host mom and sisters use is often but I never understood. It means “go quickly”.
Host mom: “I went to town to come back today for bills.”
Erin: “Don’t you always come back from town?”
Erin and Host mom: confused stares
Once I understood:
Host sister: “I’m going for the baby by Dana.”
Erin: “I’m hungry, go to come back.”
And the rum shop under my home is officially a Buffalo Bills Backers Bar- check out the website
Congratulations on the Bill's Bar!! You're such as great fan.
ReplyDeleteI want to say "go to come back" to you, but I know we have to wait. I hope we see a night rainbow when we're there - that's amazing.