Mid Week Update
It has been a wild sort of week. Monday was so frustrating- everything we tried to do took twice as long as we expected or we couldn't do it at all. The rain continues to complicate everything. To top things off on Monday, we were going to head out quickly to Guayacanal and get the papers to the new lot and make sure things had been done as promised, when one of my tires blew out. As frequently happens, people appeared quickly to help and we were able to get going- but not to Guayacanal. I didn't dare drive those roads with no spare! So we headed to PriceSmart to see if I could get another tire in time to drive to Santo Domingo Tuesday, but naturally they didn't have the size I needed. So, from there it was to the bus station to get my ticket for the next day.
Tuesday I left early for Santo Domingo via the bus for a meeting with our regional leader. Just last week we learned out field supervisor is leaving to take a new position in Miami (still with our region). It is a blow to lose your leader, and then yesterday we found out our business manager is leaving too! He is taking an exciting new position of working with latinos going to the 10/40 window. We are excited for both of these families, but disappointed to be losing their leadership here in the DR.
We also got word that our recently departed missionaries, John and Barbara Randolph, have gotten the news that she has breast cancer. They are such good and dear friends and we were so disappointed to hear what she is facing during her stateside assignment. They will be in the states this year and then head to Barbados to begin a new minsitry there. Please keep them in your prayers!
Today has been another day of errand after errand. But, thankfully, unlike Monday, I was able to get more done than I had hoped! The new bathrooms here at the house are nearly finished. Tomorrow morning they will mount the doors and that will complete the job. Amidst all the other running around I did today, I managed to buy a new refridgerator for the "industrial kitchen" that feeds our groups. That was fun!
We finally got the guys motivated in the Hole to get started on the bridge construction. I was so humbled today as I went down to visit and take a look to be called by name by so many different people. And many of the young men were asking when we were going to show the Passion Movie- we had started to show it one night and had technical difficulty and had to postpone it. Like I said, it really made me humble to realize that we have impacted their lives in Christ's name. I am praying for the day they will follow Christ!
I am working on a bad cold- I have been pumping all kinds of medicines and immune system boosters to avoid it. With our rainy and cool weather, everyone is getting sick but please pray with me that I won't be one of them- there is too much going on!
Remember, Lexington Baptist Church arrives this Saturday morning at 3:30am and will minister all week in our various ministry sites. One of their projects is building the bridge in the upper section of the Hole. Mill Creek folks- they are working on getting the truck chassis we used when you were here and bringing it down river to try again!
