Dominican download- day5

Today was our rest day. The kids got to sleep in, eat a late breakfast, and get ready to head out to Boca Chica for lunch at the Pink Pig (one of my favorites), and time on the beach.

This morning I spent some time with Julio and Mercy running errands in Juan Dolio and talking a little about chickenchurch.org and 25project.org. Please continue to pray as we look for more opportunities in bateys here in the Dominican Republic.

This evening, we took the students to El Sueno in Juan Dolio for a pizza dinner and then headed to San Pedro to take in a baseball game. If you have never been to a game in San Pedro, it is hard to describe all that goes on there. It is obvious that these people love the game of baseball.

We will head back to Santa Alicia in the morning to worship with the people of the batey. I love the freedom these people have in their worship. Please pray for me, as I will be sharing the gospel during the service.

We will also be having a community meal with the people of Santa Alicia, that we are providing, and then playing some baseball.

Tomorrow will be difficult for many, because it will be our last day in Santa Alicia.

Parents, once again, I can't express to you in words what The Lord is doing in, to, and through each one of your children. The gospel looks good in them!

Dominican Republic- day4 download

The day started early getting things ready for the children from Santa Alicia to come to the mission house for a time of worship and a Bible study with GCS elementary students through the use of Skype. I love technology, and the fact that our students witnessed firsthand the positive effects of social media tools.

After the study, we had the opportunity of feeding lunch to the children from the batey. We had rice, beams and chicken. Many of our students expressed this evening, during our talk back time, how good it felt to be able to feed the children. They understood it was one of the best and probably biggest meals that the children would have had in a long time.

After lunch, we took the children to the beach. For many of these children it was the first time they had seen this kind of water. For many, it was probably overwhelming. You never realize how much we actually take for granted until you see people who are "trapped" in areas of the country and really have no way of getting out.

Our students, once again, did great today. I love watching the gospel become a reality to them . It looks good on them!

Worship

Worship @ Mission House w/ the children from Santa Alicia

Mission House

The students are eating breakfast and getting ready for the children from the batey to arrive here at the mission house. Today, we are using Skype to communicate back home with two of our elementary classes and having a gospel lesson.
We will also be taking the children from the batey to the beach. After our time at the beach, we will be building bunk beds to outfit the mission house for other groups that will be staying here in the future.
Should be a great day

Worship in the DR w/ GCS students

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