Day #8 A Powerful Message God Places Before Us. ...Life Blessed in Abundance Two more families moved in to the community tonight. One was a single hard working mom who is raising her two year old child. She makes about $200 a month as a maid in the Punta Cana resorts. Her rent was about
Day #7 New Homes • Home Plate • Homecoming What a day! That’s all I can say to sum up the day. We had 55 eager missionaries all over the place doing all sorts of things. The day began with some cultural immersion. The group toured the Basilica, visited the crazy market, and the Mont Santa
Day #6 Three bulbs and a small Fridge! This evening we visited several families to interview them for the new houses. Part of the question concern both their income and their expenses. The common response for the electric bill was 1300 pesos – about $35. I know that my dad would be thrilled with
Day #5 Thank You GOD!! One of the locals, who helps us, has some facility in English. One of his phrases is, “Thank you God.” It’s somewhat engaging to hear him use this broken English phrase. It is one that I have heard him say often. For example, tonight it rained (literally on our picnic). It has
Day #4 Give us this day our daily bread!! Today is the Feast of Corpus Christi – the Body and Blood of Christ! While in the United States it’s a special day in the Catholic Church that will be celebrated on Sunday, here in the DR it’s a very special day when most businesses close early –
Day#3 A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words! Well it’s 12:30 am and I just wrapped up in the community and from a mini-FEST meeting...so...as promised I am sending some pictures tonight. These pictures will tell you a lot about what’s going on with our mission team. The first is a picture of the front
Day #2 Cover the World Today, I went to the local Sherwin Williams store (about an hour away from our mission community) to get paint for the exterior of the five houses we are completing this week. Truth be told, the SW paint is superior to the local brands so it’s well worth the ride.
Day #1 Perspective and Context The team of 26 missionaries arrived safe and sound this afternoon. It’s a nicely mixed group of adults and high school/college students. It’s also a mixture of new folks to MP and some returning team members. In the group is Louise Formica who came on the very first mission trip
There are many privileges of being a priest. One of the greatest and best – is the view. When we gather for prayer, I have the privilege of standing in the sanctuary in front of the community looking out upon those assembled for prayer. As I gaze around, it’s a humble moment to see the rich
There was a moment today when about forty of us were working together to clean the community, and especially the area by the Church. At one point, we needed to demolish a concrete box (3 x 8) that I am sure was used to feed the animals in a time gone by. It was too
