Amundsons

.......... The #1 reason we picked Santiago De Los Caballeros in the Dominican Republic for the second half of our sabbatical, is our friendship with the Estevez family (the #2 reason of course was the empanadas). It’s not random that we would land here in Santiago.   Greenville University has a history dating back to 1918 when professors came to the city of Santiago and helped the local people build a Free Methodist church and a school called Instituto Evangélico.  Since that time there have been countless exchanges between professors and students in both directions, as individuals learn from each other and create mutually beneficial experiences.  GU has directly benefited time and again from the connection with Santiago, most notably the Reinhards, the Sanders, and of course the Estevez family.  Doña Olga Estevez was the Head of School at Evangélico for decades in Santiago before she moved with her family to Greenville and became the Spanish professor while Jake and I were in college