Day 3 in the DR is coming to an end. It has been a great day!
We began early this morning working on projects @ Casa de Luz. The sidewalk is coming along and everyone got involved. Cement was mixed, rock was hauled, the path was dug and a sidewalk is beginning to appear.
We completed the outreach packets for the hospital. We made sandwiches and packed them with toothbrushes and toothpaste along with some personal care items. We used these to reach out to and help family members of children in the burn unit. Many of them have come a long way and have little resources. They often have no money for food and no place to stay. The small gift bag helps them but more importantly gives us and opportunity to share with them. Today we gave out over 100 bags.
While we were at the burn unit we meet a number of the children and had a chance to pray for them. The team went into the special unit in small groups and prayed with the children and learned a little of their story. It was a brief time but one that each of us will never forget.
This afternoon we went to the Dominican version of a Walmart. We went to get more school supplies for the Hatian outreach tomorrow. It was fun to try and figure out the exchange rate and all the different products.
Tonight we went to SCORE and participated in the opening night of Kosmos. It is a mission conference that takes place here every 2 years. There were 400 students and leaders from all over the US. They will do different missional outreaches during the day and gather for corporate worship each night. It was a good night of worship
Tomorrow we will continue our work at Casa de Luz and head to our first Haitian batay in the afternoon. We will take backpacks with school clothes and clothing to the children there.
I am having trouble uploading video and pictures to the blog. The internet is slow here. I hope to get something up soon.
Thanks for all your prayers. Keep them up!
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