Villa Altagracia

Today we are making the last day count by spending it in another community. This morning we held the carnival for a small school in the village that schools about 100 kids. This is something the kids have never experienced or even really knew what to do with, but they seemed to have a blast.
The team walked away very blessed by this experience and we are excited for the new possibilities is this very poor area in the future.
This afternoon, a group of workers returned to the village to lay blocks for a water purification center, so this community can also begin to have clean water.
We have also began the packing and clean up process as we prepare for take off tomorrow afternoon out of Santo Domingo, and landing in Grand Rapids around 11:15pm.
We appreciate the prayers, support and love from back home. We are sad to leave, but also very excited to go home and see our loved ones and share of the possibilities here in the DR.

Plugging Away

We have been plugging away today, working on concrete, photo editing for the school photos, re-planning and putting together a carnival for Villa Altagracia - another community we are moving to doing outreach at next. We said goodbye to our Three Rivers friends today, as they flew out back to Michigan. We are very sad to see them go as they have been a huge part of our team over the last week.
We also had the opportunity to see our sponsor kids today, which is always a fun time!
Everyone is feeling good today and working in teams on the different projects. Thank you for the continued prayers for safety, health and the hearts of all involved. Pray we are bold neighbors who are open to God's movement and outreach as we wind down our trip here.

Another Day in the Making

Today has been a great day so far! Brick laying, cement mixing, picture taking, gift-distributing for sponsored kids, and we're all still going!
Check out photos so far!

A Day of Fun n' Games...mostly

Today has been a fun day indeed!
This morning, most of the crew did some more work with the cement and brick work on the additional handicap spaces of the compound. Some prepared and set up for the carnival we put on this afternoon for the kids.
It was so much fun seeing happy faces and excitement as we ran games, gave out prizes, and just had a blast with the kids and leaders!
All are well and looking forward to what God has in store this coming week! Thank you for your continued prayers!