dominican reoublic
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Thanks to goods & cash donated we raised about $1,100 each at the garage sale – THANK YOU!
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19 of the 28 Women that journeyed to the Republica Dominicana
We took 3 sewing machines, 2 laptops, overhead projector, cd player, cds,
clothes, tools, books and school supplies etc.
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The flight was breathtaking
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Deb, Carol & our niece, Jessika
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We stayed at the Hotel Aloha Sol
Accommodations were very nice
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We rode a bus about 40 minutes each way to our
work site everyday
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We were surrounded by beautiful jungle foliage
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They were outgrowing their rented building for Nińos Felices (Happy Children) Development Center
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They don’t use chairs in any of the classrooms
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When we arrived at the project, they were finishing
up pouring the concrete floors in the new building.
Screeding the concrete in the future cocina
(kitchen)
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Deb’s ToolCarol’s Tool
Something’s wrong with this picture!!!
We were assigned jobs…
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We scraped off the bulky concrete,
then “polished” it
Ladies took turns taking down the washed down
barbed wire fence. Careful to save the staples. The
barbed wire was rolled up for re-use for the
replacement fence to come
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Many people gathered to watch us work – they were not used to women doing
this type of work.
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We ate lunch at a host home across the road from the
Development Center
Lunch usually consisted of lots of rice, plantain patties, chicken & a little bowl of beans and cokes.
We learned the first day all our leftovers were saved for the children. Nothing ever wasted!
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Our niece brought 1,000 balloons, the children LOVED it!
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We packaged salvation bracelets
to distribute
We met every evening to plan for the following day
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Church Service
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We painted all the walls with
primer
The green paint that they chose for the
Development Center was almost a perfect match with the shirt color the Women’s
Ministries staff picked without planning.
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It’s not everyday you see a
trunk FULL of
bananas!!
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It was pretty common to see 3 to 5 on a motorcycle
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A pickup loaded with groceries &
gifts followed us to homes
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We planned to take groceries to 25 homes which would cost $750. Then found we needed groceries for 41 homes.
Without telling anyone the need – Becky received enough money to buy 41 bags of groceries (EXACTLY)!!!!
God is GOOD!
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Deb (in her element) with some of the kidsDeb (in her element) with some of the kids
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We had a time of sight
seeing while
waiting for paint to dry
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All of the sites weren’t pleasant:
They took us to the dump – where people (called divers) live and
go through trash looking for food
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73 year old “Maria” went on the trip & received a temporary “we can do it” tattoo for
her hard work &
continuous good attitude
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We painted murals on 4 of the walls
We signed our names to our
handprints in the kitchen
“Noone has ever done anything
like this in other
projects”
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The Staff were thrilled
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New fence posts
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We re-used the barbed wire
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We met people the Lord has laid on our hearts. Our
lives will never be the same!
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The reason we went . . .
. . . and why we must go back!