Just a note

 

As I sit down to blog I am wondering what all to report.  There have been so many things happening here in the Dominican that it is hard to pick just one.  After some thought the thing that comes to mind is how blessed we truly are.  This isn’t a new revelation but a new perspective for us.  We knew that coming to the Dominican Republic wasn’t something that many have the chance to do.  We knew that getting our church behind us was a huge blessing, not to mention the support from our families.  But this week we have seen so much more.  Last week both Matt and I have had the pleasure of working with our kids.  Again this isn’t something new or that we haven’t been doing all summer but it is something that we love. 

A few mornings last week Matt took the boys to work with him in the town of Moca.  The church there is adding a second floor for the Pastor and his family to live in.  While the boys were there they worked on pouring the stairs.   It is fun to hear them all share their stories from the day and how hard the work was.  While they talked you could see how much they enjoyed working together.  They worked with the Pastor and they know how excited his family is about their home.  Even though they were hot and tired they loved being a part of something much bigger than themselves. 

In the afternoon I was able to take the boys a few times and separately the girls another time with me to VBS.  Again, they all worked hard helping out where it was needed.  There was a day the girls decided to stay back with Matt because they remembered the pastor’s daughter from earlier in the summer and they wanted to play with her more.  Not only did they play but together they cleaned out the wheel barrels of cement.  They laughed as they told me the stories of spraying each other with the hose.

Then there was Friday when the only one that wanted to go anywhere was Isaac.  The others wanted to stay home and just relax after all the work they had done last week.  When I went to leave for the café he just cried and said he wanted to go. At first I was hesitant to take him because it is slow and at four he tends to become bored and a little busy.  But when I looked at him I thought why not if I was at home he may not have this chance to go to work with me.  We stayed at the Café for over 3hrs and he really enjoyed it.  It didn’t matter to him what we were doing or that we were practicing English, it just mattered that we got to do it together. 

I know this wasn’t really about all we are doing here in the Dominican Republic but it is something God  is showing us.  Thank you all for your continued prayers.  Please continue to pray for strength and endurance for our last two weeks of teams.  Pray for our team to finish the summer just as strongly as we began.  Lastly pray that God continues to show us how we can help those in our community. 

God Bless!