It was a wonderful day for our family picnic--sunny, not too hot and the park was lively. We ate a great variety of delicious Dominican specialties provided by the host families. The SSTers enjoyed the opportunity to meet each other's host families.

After eating lunch, we played group games, dominos and cards. The children enjoyed drawing pictures. And many of us watched the women's sand vollyball tournament fortuitiously taking place next to our pavillion.

And, as the pictures scattered through the entry evidence, all of the SST'ers are sending lots of love and hugs to their mothers on this U.S. Mother's Day. We'll celebrate Dominican Mother's day in a couple of weeks with our host mothers.

We'll post photos of each of the students with their host families over the next couple of days. Stay tuned! And, Feliz Dia de la Madre