Brief Update...
I FINALLY made it to Santo Domingo to get my passport in for renewal- I have been trying for weeks! It expires in January so I was getting nervous. We had a good day- visiting as we drove. I also got one of my Dominican documents replaced (one that was stolen when my car was broken into.)
Sunday's service went well- we had a group of young people from our 1st Baptist church singing, Pastor Ortiz spoke and prayed for his community, as did Pedro Juan. Rafael from Los Ciruelitos had the main message. It was a collective effort! Today a church from the capital is coming with a truck load of stuff to give out to the people in La Joya so keep those efforts in your prayers.
Tomorrow we are hosting a medical clinic in an area called Rafey- it is one of the worst hit areas. Pray for those efforts as well as later clinics. We won't be doing one in the Hole or Los Santos- yesterday they had a government mobile unit there all day! We will help those communities with different help- what a blessing!
Pilar and I are on our way to buy about $2500 worth of unprepared food- we will be organizing volunteers from our churches to get it packed into bags to distribute to families- I will let you know how many pounds of rice, etc later. I am sure the numbers will be staggering!
Yesterday we bought $500 worth of material and are in the process of making over 200 sheets for distribution. Sol and Mecho are heading up this effort. It was so fun last night when I told Mecho- she was so excited to be able to do something to help- my guess is she worked all night sewing!!
You can see your relief dollars hard at work! Thanks for your support in so many different ways. I met a Calafornia guy Sunday at the service in La Joya- he is a member of a different denomination in the States but has been attending services at one of our churches here. His comment is "You Baptist have really stayed trued to evangelism and misions. it is impressive." Indeed it is. More later....
Sunday's service went well- we had a group of young people from our 1st Baptist church singing, Pastor Ortiz spoke and prayed for his community, as did Pedro Juan. Rafael from Los Ciruelitos had the main message. It was a collective effort! Today a church from the capital is coming with a truck load of stuff to give out to the people in La Joya so keep those efforts in your prayers.
Tomorrow we are hosting a medical clinic in an area called Rafey- it is one of the worst hit areas. Pray for those efforts as well as later clinics. We won't be doing one in the Hole or Los Santos- yesterday they had a government mobile unit there all day! We will help those communities with different help- what a blessing!
Pilar and I are on our way to buy about $2500 worth of unprepared food- we will be organizing volunteers from our churches to get it packed into bags to distribute to families- I will let you know how many pounds of rice, etc later. I am sure the numbers will be staggering!
Yesterday we bought $500 worth of material and are in the process of making over 200 sheets for distribution. Sol and Mecho are heading up this effort. It was so fun last night when I told Mecho- she was so excited to be able to do something to help- my guess is she worked all night sewing!!
You can see your relief dollars hard at work! Thanks for your support in so many different ways. I met a Calafornia guy Sunday at the service in La Joya- he is a member of a different denomination in the States but has been attending services at one of our churches here. His comment is "You Baptist have really stayed trued to evangelism and misions. it is impressive." Indeed it is. More later....
