When I was thinking about what I was going to write this month (I know I'm late), I realised that I never did a year in review in August. There was so much going on with the wedding and moving Jone here that I forgot that August 19th marked one year here in the DR!! So here are some of the things that we accomplished this year in DR.
Probably the biggest news is we finished the multipurpose building in Punta Cana. Through a lot of hard work and support from numerous people and churches stateside, we have completed the construction process. This church will have it's inaugural service on the 11th of November!!!
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| The Punta Cana church was meeting in tent that had seen better days. |
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| Now they will meet in a sanctuary on the third floor of a new school building!! |
Also part of this project is a new school! In this area there are some 3000 children that can't go to school for various reasons. One of those reasons is lack of schools and classrooms. So as part of the community outreach in the Punta Cana area Franklin and Ilonka (the pastor and wife of the Punta Cana church) will be starting a school in the muti-purpose building. To that end we spent some time and money taking the first steps to help them get ready.
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| We painted murals with a group from New Hope Christian Church in every classroom! |
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| And added some scriptures, also to all of the classrooms!! |
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| And we built a playground!!! |
The Punta Cana church is now on the cusp of some big changes and exciting times. God is going to do some great things through Franklin and Ilonka in this ministry!!!
Along with that big project in Punta Cana we hosted 13 teams this past year!! With those teams we:
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| We hosted dental and medical clinics! |
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| Numerous VBS, women, and mens events! |
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| And a variety of work projects like, fixing/building roofs, painting, decorating and improving buildings and homes!! |
And on top of all that somehow I found time to date, fall in love, marry, and move the love of my life to the DR to work and serve God with me!! It has been a fantastic year!!! Thanks you all so much for your love and support throughout this year. I could not have been a part of all of this without your support! Thank You, and God Bless!!!!!
