CALOOORR!

Quest: DR reporting from hot San Francisco de Macoris, Dominican Republic. Its been a busy 24 hours! No flight delalys whatsoever! Yeah for prayer that moves snowstorms! The turbulent flight was worth the face of wonder one of our students had as she experienced her very first airplane take off! We werent so fortunate to miss the Dominican rush hour that welcomed us! We made it to our hotel here in San Francisco de Macoris safely and had a brief orientation with some old friends.

This morning we had a Dominican breakfast (complete with mangú!) with our beloved Pastor Gabriel, followed by another orientation to ministry in San Fran, some prep time, a homemade Dominican lunch and then prayerwalking and visits in a new neighborhood the church is working to plant new small groups in. We visited Doña Angela- an elderly woman who is very sick but is slowly getting better. It was amazing to meet a very real need, pray, and be encouraged ourselves with the faith of someone who has so little yet is able to bless us! We continued to walk around Aguayo (the neighborhood), visiting people, praying with them, playing dominoes, singing, some even got to speak some inglés with students who are learning! It was a packed afternoon and now we are splitting up into smaller groups to join some nearby small group Bible studies.

Tomorrow will be more prayerwalking in another new neighborhood followed by lunch with one of our girls´ extended family that lives nearby! We are humbled by their willingness to open their homes (and their beautiful garden we¨ve heard so much about) to us and are looking forward making a lasting connection. Ministry opps abound tomorrow and we¨ll culminate with the church¨s Valentine¨s day service in which we will be talking about relationships with God and others.

Dios los bendiga!