FBC of Palm Bay - Thursday
It was a bittersweet moment when we pulled up to our last village today. Our translator, Andres, told us that we would be the first SCORE group to visit this village. Once the bus arrived there were no kids to be seen but once they found out Americans were around they rushed over. The sun was brutal but the kids didn’t seem to mind, but we were dying!! We had to improvise most of our program (our CD player was broken and there was no stage or platform for us to speak from). After we finished Andres finished the meeting by telling the Dominicans of Jesus’ love for them. After a week of seeing no one accept Christ, we saw God save the souls of twenty-five Dominican children and adults. God is amazing!! It has been exciting to see what He has done and we cannot wait to see what He willl do as we go to our first and only work project. After we finished, Danny promised us an evening at an Italian restaurant.
In the afternoon we went to SCORE’s camp for Dominican children to do a work project. We ended up splitting up to do different forms of yard work. Danny and Ricky were hauling cinder blocks, the girls were raking the baseball fields and everyone was doing a good job. We got to meet the Director of Word of Life for the Dominican Republic and he thanked us very much for the work we did. As a reward we were given cold bottles of Dominican cola. It was the best soda that we have ever had. Tonight we were treated to a night out at a local restaurant called El Sueno. It was a much aprreciated alternative to our now-typical (but very good) rice and beans. All in all it has been an amazing week and tomorrow we will be spending the day at Catalina Island. Danny says he is going to jump off a small cliff into the ocean but after avoiding the pool all week I’m not too sure!! Thanks for all the prayers and support and we are all looking forward to seeing you all when we get back. God Bless!! David
