Last night, as the mission team was wrapping up the week, someone commented about ‘how different the community looks from the past pictures they have seen……they really don’t seem to have it so bad.” And that’s the truth…..and it’s the truth because 12 teams of missionaries and so many people through prayer, hard work and
Mission Possible XII - Day #6 About half way through the day a good friend of mine sent a simple email that said: You should send pictures!!! Not a bad idea - it may make the daily wrap up quicker and faster to write!!! We all know that some pictures are worth a thousand words.
Mission Possible XII - Day 5 Context may not be everything but it certainly is helpful. Today was a day of context for the team as we concluded the work day by visiting the area by the river (aka Tin City). It certainly creates context for what we are doing. It’s a moment to visually
Mission Possible XII - Day 4 Tonight Lebron James and the Miami Heat won the NBA Championship. While there probably isn’t too much celebrating in Cleveland, the appropriate trophies were presented and rings given. Even in Higuey it was a big event. As I sit here and reflect on the end of the day, I
Mission Possible XII - Day 3 Today was all about walls…..walls coming down and walls going up. The theme for today was courage….courage to open your heart to hear God’s call. It’s quite the challenge wherever we are. We all know what we want to do….and yet, God has a vision and a plan for
Mission Possible XII - Day 2 “It was a great day.” Father Andy summed up Day 2 of our mission trip with these words….people working together….a great spirit of cooperation…an eagerness to serve…and an openness to hearing God call each of us by name. Any day…and all the time….when we bring these same ‘ingredients together’...working
Mission Possible XII Day One Greetings from Higuey! The team of 42 missionaries all arrived today and are eager and ready for a full week of work. The group arrived via three different flights and all landed with a desire to do good work in service to the Lord and those most in need. Things
Today was our last day in the village and it was a wonderful ending to an eventful week. My highlight was brainstorming with Marie and Chris to adapt Vladimir’s wheel chair to allow his sadly twisted body to be more comfortable in it. Vladimir, who is 20 years old and has cerebral palsy. He only
This group continues to impress me with their resourcefulness, their giving hearts and their caring spirit. It is always difficult to begin to gear down, but there comes a time on each mission trip when you must accept the reality that our time and our resources are not limitless and today was that day. We
After working out the kinks, the clinic is running like a well- oiled machine. Who says you can’t see a family of 9 all at once? Thanks to Eva ( La Jeffa) for keeping the kids in line and Chris for doing just about everything-clothes sorting for our Clothe- A – Family Program, label making
