Katie works with Plan International, an impressive international development organization, in the border town of Elias Pina. Katie’s been traveling some with her work colleagues and attended a national meeting for Plan International in the Dominican Republic. Katie works in the office many days and accompanies her work colleagues to relationship-building meetings.

In Elias Piña, Katie brought us to a perfect little comedor and then we all found the Helados Bon. In one of the photos Katie demonstrates the Dominican habit of carrying an umbrella to protect oneself from the sun. At her host family’s house we enjoyed espresso on the porch and traded hair-care secrets with Katie’s sister.

The final two photos are of a Flamboyan tree en route to see Katie and of Jodi and Katie in front of a ruin of one of Trujillo’s mansions which is practically in Katie’s backyard.