After the team left, Tanya and I moved over to the Servants Heart Mission house. We took a couple of days off to rest and then we got back to work. Tanya has been busy updating the student profiles for the Hugs for Kids sponsorship program. I have been helping to take pictures of the school kids to send out to the sponsors, writing an article for the Servant’s Heart newsletter, and putting together pictures, music and graphics for a new vision video to be put on the youtube channel and shown to teams when they arrive. I also had the opportunity to go to Puerto Plata last week and pick up a large shipment of food and medical supplies.
Yesterday we were blessed with the opportunity to go to Loma and see Rosanna and Pedro, whose house we helped paint in May. They are such gracious hosts! We also got to see her new son, Joshua, that was born six weeks ago. While there we checked in on Jesus (the recipient of the new house), his family and the house build. They have done a lot of plumbing and electrical work, as well as starting the smooth coat on the walls. I also used this time to take more pictures for use in the vision video.
This morning we had a great time of sharing and prayer with the Servants Heart Team, it was an honour to be included. We are supporting Servant’s Heart in whatever way we can, (this might include testing the waters at the beach, but ONLY if necessary – lol). There will be a small medical team arriving from Canada tomorrow, so I am certain we will have lots to do in the next few days and will get to see the inner workings of supporting a missions team in the Dominican. We are looking forward to it!

We had the privilege of getting together with the new homeowner, Jesus, and his family this morning to dedicate the house. Jesus ( the homeowner ) told us some of his background and the significant challenges they have had. He and his family are SO happy for their new home! We then prayed for his family and their new home, it brought us all to tears. After the team took some pictures, and hugs all around, the team headed back to the hotel to pack. We are blessed to have been able to help this family, in the name of Jesus!

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!