Well I can't believe we're on week number 7 in the Dominican Republic. It has been great, challenging, and growing all the same. I want to give a short summary my time here so far...
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| Oldest church in Western Hemisphere |
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HIGHLIGHTS: I can most definitely say that the highlight of my time here has been being with the
people. Every week we attend youth group (people ranging in age from late teens to early 30s). I have really enjoyed hanging out with and getting to know Christians around my age and seeing
their passion for God and life. We also attend a weekly cell group on Thursday with people from another church. That is with adults, so it is good to get a
different perspective of life from them. There have also been times where we just hang out with some great people for coffee or dinner. Everyone we have come in contact with are very warm and have interesting lives that have been great getting to know.
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| People from my cell group and Encuentro church. |
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MINISTRIES: Some of the ministries we have been involved with include VBS, with a short term team that was here, at 2 different churches in the country, helping out in Sunday schools both in a country church and in Santo Domingo, beach clean-up community project, La Zurza (which I gave more detail about in the previous post), and helping teach/play with the kids at an English Preschool. I think that is everything up to this point! It has been great getting taste of all the
different ministry options in the Dominican Republic.
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| English preschool <3 |
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HARDEST PART: I would hands down say the most difficult part of living here is not knowing the
language. Praise God I have been able to pick it up a little and understand significantly more than when I first got here, but it's still difficult. Another hard part is
missing my friends and family, but I've been pretty good with that for the most part, thankfully!
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| Chilling at Punta Rucia aka paradise :) | |
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OPPORTUNITIES: Some places we have
gone in addition to places for ministry include Boca Chica, Colonial Zone (where Columbus founded the first city in the Western hemisphere) several times, and Punta Rucia in the North. I went to IKEA for the
first time ever here, and Alyssa went to her first Cinnabon ever here! We've attended 5 different churches and met people from at least 7 different countries. We also got to hear the Senator of Santo Domingo's
testimony, along with a very rare
rags to riches story of a famous singer here in the Dominican Republic (he does concerts in the States as well!). Mary, is another person we got to meet. She is Dominican and left September 26th for North Africa for 9 months (so be praying for her too!).
It is so encouraging to see people from other countries going out to do missions! Many times people assume that it is an American thing to do to be a missionary, but it's great to see people from other countries going as well! Currently we are
living with a Dominican family, which has been a blast so far! It is with a family we know from youth group; there are twins are age so it's a fun experience and a good change of pace :)
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| Mary and me. |
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PRAYER REQUESTS:
- Alyssa and I both got sick with a cold for the first time last week, so pray we stay healthy! Thankfully it wasn't worse.
- We're having a busy week with school, so pray we get everything done efficiently so we can spend time with our Dominican family
- Keep praying with everyone we come in contact with, that we will be salt and light to them! Just like every country, people need Jesus here!
As always your prayers are
coveted and appreciated!!
give.live.love.
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