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Day 4 - Sunday’s Rest

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It’s rare to be able to sleep in, but today was one of those occurrences! We had a nice slow morning with breakfast in bed (creds to the thoughtful, personal service of one of our team members) and then we went to church in Jarabacoa. We attended a bilingual service that was almost half a hour away. Surprisingly, we met a group of mothers and daughters from Wheaton, Illinois. Even though the power would cut out at times during the service, we were all very much blessed by the sermon and the worship. We also had the chance to take communion! Church: Iglesia La Vid, Comunidad Cristiana After service, we went to a pizza place in town and got to spend more time in fellowship with Kimberley, our missionary host, local church leader Eduardo and his wife Miriam, and one of the church pastors - Fernando.  Pictured above (left to right) First row: Kimberley, Karis, Grace, Maddie. Second row: Young Sung, Lauren, Fiona, Anna, Emma, Professor Vander Griend.  We also took a short trip to a...

Thursday Travels to a welcoming land

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After uneventful flights we landed in the city of Santiago near the north coast of the island. We apparently are good at choosing the slowest lines because the group seemed the last from our flight to exit the airport. There we experienced a surprisingly effortless triple rendezvous: 1) Karis, who had arrived 12 hours earlier completed our group, 2) Kimberley Verhulst was waiting with a driver and van to take us Jarabacoa, and 3) Young Sung’s mom was ready with fresh kimbap for our hungry selves. Muy delicioso! Our accommodations are wonderful with a lovely patio area for eating and relaxing. Everyone went to bed early in anticipation of the new day sun and roosters.

DR Quiz

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To help pass the time during the flight to the Dominican Republic, we prepared the following quiz.  See how well you can do.  (We'll post answers in a separate post

Who is going?

Meet our Team!

Where are we going? What will we do there?

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 The Dominican Republic shares the Caribbean island of Hispaniola with Haiti. 

Dominican Republic: Background Reading

 Want to learn more about the Dominican Republic? Here are some resources.

Water and the DR: Read more here

  Want to learn more about water in the Dominican Republic?  Here are some resources.