Day #9 Don’t judge the book by the cover! Tonight we were out interviewing families for houses. We were pulling up to a house that was a great house for the area – and they were having a wonderful birthday celebration.  From the car I had already concluded that this family clearly does not need

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