After our devotion time in the morning, the women went to a ladies meeting about teaching Christian values to your children, in Loma. Ronda, Lena and Tanya all did an excellent job of speaking and then prayed for the ladies. The ladies then prayed for them. It was an encouraging time for all!
Meanwhile, the men helped with the set up and tear down of chairs for the meeting, and checked on the progress at the construction site. After lunch we were treated with the opportunity to go to an orphanage. We brought paint supplies and rocks for the kids to paint. They had a great time. We all went outside and played with the kids. Gordon, especially had a good time playing ball with the boys. The staff at the orphanage thanked us for coming by and we headed back to the hotel. After a quick swim and shower, we headed out for our last supper in the Dominican Republic.

We had an awesome prayer time together beside the ocean this morning. We then headed over to the house build where we poured 240 buckets of concrete into forms at the top of the brick walls. They do this to give strength to the structure and tie everything together. Everyone worked really well together and we had the concrete just moving! As good as a pumper truck ( just saying ). After lunch the girls went to the pregnancy resource centre and helped sort and inventory donations. They also got a tour of the facility, watched a short video and heard from the facility director why it is so vital to the community here. The guys went with the construction foreman, Dario, and got lumber and materials for building rafters. Thank you Lord for a good day!

On Tuesday we again went to the house build in Loma and continued with building up the walls to 11 courses of bricks. The weather was great and the crew made good progress with our assistance. After lunch we went back to the Congrejo school and walked over to the Congrejo neighbourhood, where most of the kids are from. It is a very poor neighbourhood consisting of people with Haitian descent. Gord and Peter then sanded the new library ceiling in preparation for paint.
Wednesday morning the team went to the Sosua Abajo school and we had a great time teaching English to the kids, they are so receptive. After this we spent a bit of time in prayer with the pastor of Templo Biblico, as he had just found out that his elderly mother was in the hospital. What a gracious spirit this man has! We also had the opportunity to pray for healing for another lady, Mildred. The team took the afternoon off and went to Cabarete for some shopping, foot massages, and a great dinner at Gorditos. The day was finished off by the men joining in on a men’s bible study, and Peter was blessed to give a testimony.

Here is an update from the Dominican Team:

We had a great day today after going to the Spanish speaking church Templo Biblico, where they so graciously welcomed us last night.
We started this morning with an excellent time of sharing and prayer before we left to start the house build. At 9:00 am we left the hotel and went to the house site, where the father of the family, Jesus, welcomed us with hugs all around. He sells bread for a living, and I have attached a picture of his “moto” with his baking goods. We worked very hard alongside the building crew, hauling bricks, mortar and cement, and cutting rebar to length. We broke for lunch and then proceeded to the Congrejo school. Here we helped prepare the new library for paint and various other small jobs. At recess Gordon and myself played with the kids – it was a lot of fun. Ronda, Tanya and Lena enjoyed doing art with the youngest class at the end of the day. We are all feeling tired, but revived in our spirits from the warm welcome we have received from all the local people.