Hello friends!!
We are back! And wanted to update you on our missions trip. We arrived Sunday evening. Words cannot express how great God was with us. Too much to mention. Once again, the citizens, the poor left us speechless with their kindness. Thank you to Fellowship of the Holy Spirit in Califorina for their support, for their generosity. Without them we could not make most of our trips and donate clothing.
Thank you to our staff, Andres abd Martha for their support while I'm away. In getting our 2nd group ready. Thanks to Alla for donating a new tv from target for one of the families. Second to those that went with us and made such a huge effort in paying our way and donating their time and hard earn money. Thank you also to Pastor Chris and Ekklesia Miami for sponsoring our trip, Kevin, Franco, Milton and Martha. Also to Dr. Daisy who lives in Santo Dominigo and who escorted us to our project.
We had 2 groups. The 1st we left last Sunday. The 2nd arrived on Friday. So we made two exhausting trips to our project from the capital (Santo Domingo). We were blessed to have transportation (Honda CRV) to travel to our project site. A local family lend us the vehicle!! When they heard of what we do for their country, they wanted to help. And thus gave us one of their vehicles. For our 2nd trip which was Friday, Kevin blessed us with a rented mini van. ($90. a day! very expensive) We are praying for a donated mini van in Dominican Republic or one we can ship to D.R. We already have a person who works in exporting cars to D.R.
We had so many bags of clothes, that we couldn't have done it without these 2 unexpected blessings! Thus, our trip had minimal expenses. Elimitating more expenses, we were able to stay in our project site with our tent. One of the pictures, you'll see that we took a tent to our donated land. It is here were we plan to build a small cabin or shack for us to stay in and have more visitors. It will measure about 20 feet by 12 feet approx. Made of wood. We are trying to finalize the documentation to be able to build this small home for us, for you to visit and for missionaries to visit and stay.
As we began to build the tent, many children and adults came. Laughing, joking, saying things like "Its prettier then our home" they clapped when they saw we raised a home in 15 minutes... It was a memorable moment as they had never seen a tent before! It really touched my heart... What I personally loved the best is this, they were touched to see us live like them. Staying with them, not just going and dropping off gifts, but living among them.
As many of you know, what sets us apart is that the director, Jorge, actually does all the trips and plans all of the trips to bring awareness of the poverty of these children and children worldwide. We are a hands-on foundation. We are working hard to gain funds for our Colombia trip. Which is a 2 months project. (http://www.nchild.org/childrenincolombia.htm)
The vision of Colombia is to have a soccer field, and an orphanage. To bring children from 1 to 10 to live from all over the country. In our May - July trip of this year we met professional soccer players. I had no idea there was a meaningful purpose behind this. By the way, I will be returning in 2 weeks to Dominican Republic. A local church needs bibles. Thus out of 50, only 1 had a bible and out of those 50 only 15% can read. We are looking for donors, partners to donate cd players with rechargeble batteries.
If you are able to sponsor our D.R. trip in 2 weeks, you can donate online http://www.nchild.org/donation.htm
Until soon!!
en Espanol
Buenos dias!! Como estan??
Primero quiero agradecer a nuestro equipo, Andres y Martha por su apoyo y trabajo de organizar el 2nd groupo cuando ya yo estaba en Republica. Quemos agradecer a la iglesia Ekklesia por patrocinar nuestro viaje. A la iglesia de California Fellowship of the Holy Spirit.
El Pastor Jon y Reina. A los que hicieron un gran esfuerzo para ir, Pastor Chris, Franco, Kevin, Milton y Martha. A las personas que donaron rupa, el televisor - gracias Alla, ella no nos conoce, como muchos que donan.
Fue un viaje que no tenemos palabras. Demaciadas bendiciones, incluyendo un Honda CRV y una mini van. Primera vez que manejo en Republica... llegamos super cansados. Fue un viaje de mucho corre corre. Porque llegaban 2 grupos separados. El pastor Chris de Ekklesia fue con nosotros y fue de gran bendicion. Hicimos una pregunta de cuantos tienen biblia, solo una persona. Y un 10% solo lee espanol. Necesitamos biblias y equipos de sonidos para donar.
Me gustaria saber de ustedes, lo que piensan, sus comentarios, porque nos anima mucho.
We would love to hear from you... To hear what you think, your comments, because this really motivates us. We hope you can take the time and write. We don't hear from 90% of you, so we hope you can write us a little something this time... :)
Jorge and team
