On Friday afternoon we headed to Micheline's house. If you've been reading the blog for a long time now, you'll remember her as our friend whose little girl had leukemia and passed away the day after Christmas. Her husband lives and works in the Dominican Republic, sending home funds whenever he can find work, and she wanted us to take a picture of her with her children to send him to show him how much they have grown in the past 2 years. (Remember: smiling for photos=not good).We spent quite a while there, as always overwhelmed by the large number of children who are just "hanging around" her home. She discussed them with us this time, explaining that while about half of them are able to go to school during the school year, that almost NONE of them have ever been to church.
Matt and I have felt led to work in this zone before, and are praying again that the Lord would show us a way that we could bring Jesus to all of these children on a more regular basis. Please be praying with us that He would clearly show us what He wants for this village, how He wants us to be involved and who else He has for this ministry opportunity!
Today, after working most of the morning, we took 3 friends and headed to Mont Jolie, a small hotel across town that has a swimming pool. We just could not handle the heat any longer, and it was so nice to be cool...we stayed in the water almost all afternoon.
We have a team here of 10 people from the UK right now, so tomorrow Matt and I will take them to Paul Vilmer's church (one of our fellow professors at the Seminary), translate, and to lunch.
"let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these" My heart goes out with you when our hope in the Lord is not given to children. I will pray God gives you wisdom..... as well you know, it is easy to get stretched thin quickly in a country with endless needs.
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