Still Here!

Hello everyone!
I'm so sorry we haven't updated you in a day or so. We have been busy getting the church ready for tonight's dedication and getting the final photos of students and their classes before we take off tomorrow!
Yesterday, we also got to take a needed break and head into the city for some shopping and relaxing at the beach, and got back late.
We are all looking forward to tonight's service and the opportunities it will bring to this community!
For now, enjoy some photos from the last couple days:

Monday Monday!

Today has been good so far.
We have been working hard, trying to finish the church for the dedication on Wednesday and the rest are working hard to get all the photos of the kids taken so we can send them down in March. The kids look forward to getting a school picture! A few of us also had the opportunity to give out the sponsor gifts from folks back home.

Breakfast program in action.

Little guy digging through his gifts! He was ecstatic!

Sponsor gifts!

We brought some snow to the DR.

1st graders getting ready for their class picture.

I made some friends while we were waiting between classes.

Amigas!

It was fun watching the Seniors play in the littles' playground. =)

Things are still going well for everyone. No more spider-sightings.
We look forward to the rest of the week and all that it will bring. God has been good through this entire trip!

Great Day in the DR!

Today was a great day in the Dominican.
We went into the city to attend the Iglesia Cristiana de la Comunidad, which is the church that will be taking over the Open Walls Church we are working on this week. We got to witness 11 baptisms and then enjoy a service with a translated message and awesome worship. (By the way, Chris Tomlin is sang here too. Just in Spanish...)

Following church, we came back to camp and enjoyed an afternoon relaxing and hanging out, having conversations with each other. It was nice.

This afternoon, we went around the community to hand out bags of necessities, including rice & beans to families that struggle to find things to eat. It was a very humbling experience, as we were invited into homes and prayed over people in three groups.

Tonight, we had our devotionals as a team, and are now hanging out and enjoying card games and conversation.

Thank you for your continued prayers. We are all well and having a great time as we serve and lean into the Lord. I know I am growing and learning so much more about Who God is and how He is working in my life.

Saturday in the DR

Our team did a lot of work on the church this morning, painting, welding, and working on other random pieces of it.
In the afternoon, some went to do a VBS program with the community kids at the church. They learned about snow and how God washes our sons white as snow.
This evening a few took the opportunity to experience a Dominican baseball game. The rest stayed back and enjoyed fellowship in our team devotions and worship with guitar.
Now we're wrapping up our evening playing some cards and enjoying each other's company.