First day going well…
It has been a great day- all the teams had an excellent start to their Walk through the Bible series for children. They also thoroughly enjoyed all the comments on the blog! They are now out in their afternoon ministry- one group is in La Canela, evangelizing with Simon’s family. Two groups are in Villa de Yaque- the water team is going over the purification process once again with the team out there and the other CSBC team is using the BB court to do evangelism with the young people. The fourth team is in Palmar Arriba, prayer walkign the community. We all meet back up at 6:30pm for dinner, debriefing and worship.
One neat thing this year- there are three teenagers from La Canela- 2 sisters and a brother- who are staying with the team all week, learning how to do their quiet time, participating in the ministry. Please pray for them as they get this super dose of discipleship with the CSBC youth!
More later…
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Hi Mallory this is Alexis I just wanted to say Hi and I really am so proud of you and the work you are doing. Be safe and God Bless you and the team you are with.
Mallory!!
Dudey I miss you already and its only monday =( it was so weird not having you to sit by during church sunday. How many days till I see you now? 15 I think? so sad i know. But i know some good stuff is happening in the DR! i hope the rest of the trip goes well. I’ll probably be blogging you sometime later this week.
Love you
Lugie
Okay Mallory, I’m going to try this again. I tried to post a comment once and it didn’t show up. Anywho…I miss you so much already and it’s only Monday
how many more days now till I see you? 15 I think. At least i will have a special guest with me when I see ya 
it was so weird not sitting by you in church Sunday. I miss you but I’m okay with that casue I know your doing better stuff in the DR. anywho i will prolly be blogging later this week.
Love and miss you
Shelby
Hey everyone! It sounds like you’ve had a great day. I’m gonna repeat what Emily said - make sure you pray before everything you do! Forgetting to put God first before ministry doesn’t ever work out well…. we all know that. How is everyone liking the food? What I would give for some rice, mystery (yet delicious) meat, and plantains. Hmm and I hope that you’re loading up on the eyeball fruit. Has there been any wildlife in the dormitories? It’s always nice to have a frog or lizard friend to go to sleep next to. I’ve met some kind of interesting creature in Blacksburg twice - looks like some kind of spidery scorpion. Both times there was fear and movement involved. Hopefully you don’t encounter anything like that. Anyways I am still praying for you all! Keep up the good work for the Lord!
Love, Sydni
P.S. here’s a great reason to pray -
Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:10-12
Hey everyone! It sounds like you’ve had a great day. I’m gonna repeat what Emily said - make sure you pray before everything you do! Forgetting to put God first before ministry doesn’t ever work out well…. we all know that. How is everyone liking the food? What I would give for some rice, mystery (yet delicious) meat, and plantains. Hmm and I hope that you’re loading up on the eyeball fruit. Has there been any wildlife in the dormitories? It’s always nice to have a frog or lizard friend to go to sleep next to. I’ve met some kind of interesting creature in Blacksburg twice - looks like some kind of spidery scorpion. Both times there was fear and movement involved. Hopefully you don’t encounter anything like that. Anyways I am still praying for you all! Keep up the good work for the Lord!
Love, Sydni
P.S. here’s a great reason to pray -
Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:10-12
mal mal!!! i miss you alot and i hope your having a good time. i hope you got to see that little girl again, i always forget her name though. but anyway oh yeah ryan, abbys sister sent you a text from abbys phone but she said not to tell abby haha. but i hope you have a great rest of the week and i will blog again soon!! oh yeah shout out to chels haha i miss you girl oh and mal…shelby misses you so much and like almost cried when she heard brian talking in church service haha of course
i love you
courtie <3
Hi Shannon,
We’ve been thinking about you all day…and missing you! We hope you are having a wonderful experience and continue to pray for you and the team. We’re excited to read the blogs to get updates on the ministry teams’ progress.
I meant to tell you yesterday that a car and house caught on fire at the river. We heard that the car caught fire first and the wind blew the fire on the house, which subsequently caught fire. You could see the smoke from way down the river. I don’t believe anyone was hurt, but the car and house were burned very badly. We could see people outside crying. Remember these folks in your prayers. (The house was almost straight across the river from the boat ramp.) I thought you would want to know.
Andrew went to the movies with mema today. Dad and I worked. Dad said to tell you “he loves and misses you” and so do we…sending more hugs and kisses:) Love, Mom, Dad, and Andrew
Megan, We are in DC, Raymond went to crossroads camp and was a bit nervous going away for the first time. We head to Mexico in the morning and will be out of contact until late Friday PM. We miss you and hope you are having a blast. We love you and are praying for and the team over there in the DR
Love Mom and Dad Gillespie
Megan, We are in DC, Raymond went to crossroads camp and was a bit nervous going away for the first time. We head to Mexico in the morning and will be out of contact until late Friday PM. We miss you and hope you are having a blast. We love you and are praying for and the team over there in the DR
Love Mom and Dad Gillespie
Hello all my loves from CSBC!!!!!! i miss you guys dearly and am so proud and excited for all of yall! leave it to DR blogs to make me cry as soon as i got to the page—but thats me, a big baby! Anyway, Adam and I are praying fervently and are excited to hear more from you! be safe, stay cool (i know, impossible, right?) AND dont let the lizards into your shower, heehee!!!
God bless all of you and we love you!
~Crissen Castlebury and Adam Hawkins~
Hey Brittney B. - Callie sure misses you. She’s taken over your room (and yes, I have started cleaning it out) It will still be yellow when you get home. No change there! I can’t wait to see some pics of the team. It is so exciting that you have some new friends staying with you. What a blessing for all of you! As others have said - drink lots of that water and make sure the bug spray is applied daily! Love you girl! Love, Mom P.S. Tell Marsha we really appreciate her updates - it really connects us to you!
Hey Britt -
It sure is quiet at home (no phones ringing) without you and Craig here. I hope you are doing fine! Im really looking forward to seeing some pics soon and hearing more about what you and the teams are doing. We miss you a lot - but I’m sure time will fly as busy as you are. I will be praying for you and the rest of the group. Take care. Love you, DAD (Daveed)
Hello all my loves from CSBC!!!!!! i miss you guys dearly and am so proud and excited for all of yall! leave it to DR blogs to make me cry as soon as i got to the page—but thats me, a big baby! Anyway, Adam and I are praying fervently and are excited to hear more from you! be safe, stay cool (i know, impossible, right?) AND dont let the lizards into your shower, heehee!!!
God bless all of you and we love you!
~Crissen Castlebury and Adam Hawkins~
Hey again Emi! Me and Dad are officially all alone now, Mom got off to camp at about 1:00 this afternoon. We got a call from her at about 8:00pm so she has made it there safely and is all settled in. She says to tell you hello and that she misses you! I hope you had better weather than we did today, it rained all day long, Josh and Jack’s soccer camp got moved inside because the field’s were too wet. The new REC guy started today (I can’t remember his name), he said they are all moved into their new house but not yet unpacked. I saw Rachel today too when she was dropping Tanner off at church for camp, she wants you to come back very badly so she can text you with her new phone, haha! Daddy says hello too and we’ll check on you again tomorrow! Have a good night and day! We miss you! Love, Sissy
Hi Jimmy, JT & everyone! Sounds like everything is going great. I’m praying for everyone as God continues to work through you. Since I saw Merlin’s post, I’m working with Sandy to teach her to blog. I’m thinking I need a bigger keyboard for her paws - seems Merlin has the “small paw” advantage. Oh well, I love you all!
Sherri
Kevin
Glad the 1st leg of the trip was a success.Can’t wait to hear about all the awesome stories from the DR.Praying for
the purification of more than the water over there.
QAMF missed you today. I heard Mckail paging you all morning.Guess you forgot to tell him you were going away for a few days.Sad news today, 15 employees were laid off.Business is slow.Pray for Mobley.
Michael and Mom left today and just heard they made a successful trip to the mountains for camp.(No cell phone coverage though)
Matt and I trying to keep the house from destruction ,being the bachelors all week.
Jonathan,Matthew,and Jimmy JR , missed you guys Sunday morning. You will have to ask your classmates about WW1
healing product.They still don’t believe it works.
Spread the good news and Love them like Jesus,
We all love you
POCTA’s
Hello My Katie, Carrie continues to feel better, but is still on pain meds. Sarah H. took out tonight and we met up with them at Chik-filet. We went there after Audrey’s game with the Willards. Amy is staying with us tonight. Yes, you and Logan missed a great game. We beat the Hokies (Amy’s team). At half time it the score was Blue Devils 17 - Hokies 13. Final score BD 41 Hokies 18. Audrey scored 10 points (most in the second half) and get this NO Fouls and several rebounds and jumpballs. Tar Heels beat the Rams. We miss you so much, but we know you are where you need to be right now. Keep up the good work. We’re praying for you. No tea tonight…just a sherbert float. Take care and remember we all LOVE YOU… Mumma, Daddy, Carrie, Audrey, Mosby and ClaraBell
SHANNON THIS IS A TEST. LOVE YOU, MEMA AND POP
HI SHANNON– ANDREW AND I WENT TO THE MOVIES TODAY AND SAW GET SMART. IT WAS SO FUNNY!!!
POP AND I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH AND WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU.WE WILL PRAY FOR YOU AND THE GROUP MANY TIMES A DAY.
MAY GOD BLESS AND USE EACH OF YOU IN A VERY SPECIAL WAY.
LOVE YOU MUCH, MEMA AND POP
Komo s-tah-oosted!
Hi, Mommy and Kelsey! cant wait till u get back and we r fine and having fun its been hot here so it has to be hot there by the way me and daddy tide at putt putt tonight.
p.s. how do we find the pictures online?
p.s.s. i am still praying for u every night like u asked.
p.s.s.s. believe it or not i even miss Kelsi!
love u
lilly
Hi Abby,
How’d it go the first day? I know you all are very busy and getting to lots of things for the first time.
Cosmo and I are busy too. The high trim on the back of the house is ready for it’s final paint coat. It looks really good.
Dan and Debbie Denmark are having me over on Wednesday for dinner and “Mancave”
The neighbors have been asking about your trip. This will open more doors here too.
Stay safe and well!
Love Donnie
Amy and Kat, I MISS YOU!!! I have been praying for you since you left and hope you are having a great time doing the work of the Lord. I love hearing about what Cool Spring is doing and wishing every minute I could be there with you. Kat, if you go to the Hole, please say hello to Daleri for me. Y’all have fun, share the Word, and remember I love you! God Bless!
Becca Craymer
uhh i hope i am writin in the right box.
anyways,
HELLOOOOOOOOOO
i just wanna say that i was awake at 3 in the morning on saturday and was like AWW SHOOT WHY AM I NOT GOING TO THE DR RIGHT NOWWW??! and then i fell asleep. how are yall doin down there? (its weird writing a conversation with myself). i’ve been readin some blogs and am crackin up that maggie is a chicken, amy dove into the ground during a game, and brittany (butler) …well i forget what she did but i know it was something ridiculous.
this week is gonna fly by and then you will be stuck in the ville with mee
let me holler @ a few amigos: AME A LAMEEE what up G? b-but, what it is?!?!! kathleeny poo hi patrick told me he wrote to you aww how cute is that? maggie–worked a swimmeet with your lovely siblings tonight, you can imagine. KEL! …still waiting on my dresses 
anywho wish i was there. im gonna try to write back before yall jet set and hit the states. keep doin God’s will, he’s smilin at youuu
(what if God had a grill? like a mouth grill? baha.)
you guys rock see ya soon!
love,
meredith lipscombe
I am trying to find a Crissen Castlebury from Virginia. Is this Crissen from there? Does anyone have contact information for her? I am Cindy Castlebury Bradshaw.