Monday’s news…
Sunday was a great day. I had a good worship time in Los Santos and then picked the boys up at the park. They had a great experience in San Francisco. We encountered more than 40 youth in The Hole waiting for us and by the time we had our meeting with them there were about 50! We had a great time encouraging them to keep on after the experience with Cool Spring and talked about sponsering a tournament. We are pushing forward with buying them uniforms- there are 6 teams (36 boys and young men!)
In the afternoon we went to Guayacanal and Angelo was able to present the youth there the basketball goal that the Quest team had brought in February. I had intentions to give when they were here but then Dwight had mentioned building a basketball court so I hung onto it to see what was going to happen. It seems just perfect that it went to Guayacanal and Angelo was here to present it! We gave some basketballs from Lexington BC too so it was a multi-group effort!
Today we were off to Dajabon to the Haitian market. Pilar and Mecho went with us and for the first time we went across the border into the second largest city of Haiti. The taxi ride was something to remember! I was amazed at how dusty and brown the area seemed. The roads were just as my missionary colleagues from Haiti had described- pretty slow going and our guide said we were on the “highway.” I was relieved to get back across the border with my Dominican friends and then we did some shopping. The market is really something else- very aggressive vendors, lots of BO, but really good prices.
Tomorrow Tyrell and Angelo are going back to Villa de yaque to visit with the church folks and the youth. Tomorrow late afternoon we are heading out to Navarrette to see our new folks out there.
Oh, one of the cool things I love about this country is the shopping that you can do from your car window! Today we stopped by the side of the road to buy some goat. We bought half a goat (5lbs) and watched him filet it. Pilar is going to cook it for Angelo to give it a try on Thursday.
We appreciate your prayers and encouraging blogs. I am enjoying having the boys here and having their participation in the ministry. Having young men who can share how Christ has transformed them and urge other young people to seek the Lord in obedient faith is an encouragement to me and exciting! They have really encouraged and inspired our folks! Keep on praying!
