Greetings from the DR,
The Day started with devos in our rooms followed by breakfast (the fruit is amazing!) The team then loaded into 2 buses and began the ride out to 2 villages to begin ministry.
The first village was the larger
of the two and named La Yeguada. This is the village the team from our
church visited in February. Before we arrived we were prepared to “ go
with the flow” and that is exactly what happened. A quick game of
baseball ensued with all ages, some old some young and some from our
team. The girls quickly found some girls from the village and engaged
in fingernail polishing, face painting, clapping games and “London
Bridges”.
It was wonderful to step back for a second and take it all in. What joy it is to see students be stretched and serve God. Two of our students are fairly proficient in Spanish and were able to help translate for us, what a blessing!
The puppet team sang a few songs and
then the craft team did a craft with the children. The evangelism team
gathered men old and young and used the Evange-Baseball to share the
Gospel. We are looking forward to returning there on Monday to continue
to build relationships and engage in ministry again.
We loaded
the buses and headed to the next village, Los Altos. This village is pastored by Pastor Ceasar. We had lunch there and started ministry.
Much of the same activities were done here as the first village.
The students were able to experience some of the local fare including chewing on sugar cane, watching a young villager scale a coconut tree 50 feet high, knock it down with his feet, and have an older man hack it open with a machete. The students got to drink the coconut juice and taste the coconut. You might want to ask the students how it compares to the coconuts at home!
We then said “Adios” and returned to the
Score Complex to relax and well…. Watch SU beat Marquette!!! Yes God is
good to our basketball fans here in the DR. We hope they know that
their fans are cheering them on from “ all over the world “.
It’s been a great day! Please continue to pray for us. There is a great sense of unity within our team and we are looking forward to have a Sunrise Service tomorrow to celebrate our risen Savior. He is Risen, He is Risen indeed!
Thank you for your continued support and love.
For the rest of the Team,
Tom and Mary Jo Major
The Day started with devos in our rooms followed by breakfast (the fruit is amazing!) The team then loaded into 2 buses and began the ride out to 2 villages to begin ministry.
The first village was the larger
of the two and named La Yeguada. This is the village the team from our
church visited in February. Before we arrived we were prepared to “ go
with the flow” and that is exactly what happened. A quick game of
baseball ensued with all ages, some old some young and some from our
team. The girls quickly found some girls from the village and engaged
in fingernail polishing, face painting, clapping games and “London
Bridges”.It was wonderful to step back for a second and take it all in. What joy it is to see students be stretched and serve God. Two of our students are fairly proficient in Spanish and were able to help translate for us, what a blessing!
We loaded
the buses and headed to the next village, Los Altos. This village is pastored by Pastor Ceasar. We had lunch there and started ministry.
Much of the same activities were done here as the first village.The students were able to experience some of the local fare including chewing on sugar cane, watching a young villager scale a coconut tree 50 feet high, knock it down with his feet, and have an older man hack it open with a machete. The students got to drink the coconut juice and taste the coconut. You might want to ask the students how it compares to the coconuts at home!
We then said “Adios” and returned to the
Score Complex to relax and well…. Watch SU beat Marquette!!! Yes God is
good to our basketball fans here in the DR. We hope they know that
their fans are cheering them on from “ all over the world “.It’s been a great day! Please continue to pray for us. There is a great sense of unity within our team and we are looking forward to have a Sunrise Service tomorrow to celebrate our risen Savior. He is Risen, He is Risen indeed!
Thank you for your continued support and love.
Tom and Mary Jo Major
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