More of the people we have met here:
The first night, there was someone who had a brief GI illness. The reason I bring that up is that it allowed us to meet the physician on location. He politely introduced himself, asked many questions, examined the person, and made himself available to our team as needed. In God’s grace, the person is well.
We saw him today at breakfast. In between bites, I was able to get his story. He is part of the European community living here in DR. His parents and grandparents were raised in Italy, France, and Spain. His father is a Dominican diplomat. So, they were able to travel all over the world, and eventually live in Miami. He was raised in Miami and part of the European community there, be part of a Baptist church there, and travel the Caribbean and Latin American area with his church. He works for a company that send him all over the area to resorts to be the physician on site. Two weeks on, two weeks off. Next week he will travel into Haiti with his church (from Miami) to vaccinate children. Routine vaccinations like MMR, DT, HBV. They will see people with medical problems for routine care with illnesses such as GI water-borne illnesses that are easily treated but from which they will die. He describes the abject poverty there, rampant AIDS, starvation. He describes serving with his family in Cuba where they met a frail older gentleman who told him that he could help him. He said he looked at the man like ”what can you do to help us? You have nothing?” God put on the man’s heart that the doctor’s team was to go into Haiti and serve the people there, so the man called friends from Italy, Russia, Spain; got the contact info from our doctor friend, and had supplies shipped to Haiti (via DR) in the doctor’s name. So the mission in Haiti developed more and brought in others in ways that we would never have thought of. God is so good!
Today we will be praying ACTS (adoration, confession, thanksgiving, supplication) with Psalm 1.
The first night, there was someone who had a brief GI illness. The reason I bring that up is that it allowed us to meet the physician on location. He politely introduced himself, asked many questions, examined the person, and made himself available to our team as needed. In God’s grace, the person is well.
We saw him today at breakfast. In between bites, I was able to get his story. He is part of the European community living here in DR. His parents and grandparents were raised in Italy, France, and Spain. His father is a Dominican diplomat. So, they were able to travel all over the world, and eventually live in Miami. He was raised in Miami and part of the European community there, be part of a Baptist church there, and travel the Caribbean and Latin American area with his church. He works for a company that send him all over the area to resorts to be the physician on site. Two weeks on, two weeks off. Next week he will travel into Haiti with his church (from Miami) to vaccinate children. Routine vaccinations like MMR, DT, HBV. They will see people with medical problems for routine care with illnesses such as GI water-borne illnesses that are easily treated but from which they will die. He describes the abject poverty there, rampant AIDS, starvation. He describes serving with his family in Cuba where they met a frail older gentleman who told him that he could help him. He said he looked at the man like ”what can you do to help us? You have nothing?” God put on the man’s heart that the doctor’s team was to go into Haiti and serve the people there, so the man called friends from Italy, Russia, Spain; got the contact info from our doctor friend, and had supplies shipped to Haiti (via DR) in the doctor’s name. So the mission in Haiti developed more and brought in others in ways that we would never have thought of. God is so good!
Today we will be praying ACTS (adoration, confession, thanksgiving, supplication) with Psalm 1.
Today, Sunday, May 31, we rode a cable car to the top of the mountain near PuertaPlata where we were able to look over the city. The Catholic church has placed o giant statue of Jesus at the top of the mountain. It is a beautifl region. Brad Jenkins, who will live in the orphanage with his family, showed us the orphanage and the neighboring slum Agua Negro (black water) named for the large sewage pond (rectangular lake) with the slum to the right on the photo.
We went to the orphanage for the first time. What a blessing! Kids will be kids! The grown-ups took a tour of the facility, and saw where Brad and his family will live (starting in a month) while the kids played with the kids. Basketball, drums out of cans, climbing on shoulders, chicken fights. All of our kids were sad to leave today. We are so encouraged to see our kids loving all the kids here. For convenience, we ate at the local “WalMart” food court. The kids were hungry, but more concerned about getting the children items such as balls, toys, crayons, etc. parents, I know you will so enjoy hearing what your youth have seen and experienced!
Tonight we are going to a local church, which starts at 6pm Dominican Time. Harry said it usually goes til at least 9pm, but that we will leave a little early in order to eat dinner before the hotel stops serving. We are so excited to worship with the Dominicans. Pray for our hearts of worship!
Harry rides with us on the bus all the time. We have never met anyone so saturated with Jesus. He wakes at Jesus Time, eats at Jesus Time, is excited to see what Jesus will direct him to do that day. With all prayer, he is excited to see how Jesus will answer it. If not today, then another day. He impressed especially on the kids how they are each made in His image, and each have something unique to do here on this earth. Praise God!!!!!!!!!!!
God Bless!
