Tonawanda Indian Baptist Church - Thursday
Today was by far the hardest day of our entire trip. The day started like any other…in fact, it started out with relative ease. Basically, our morning consisted of taking a drive to the capital city to do a little sightseeing & shopping in the Straw Market. During that time we were able to literally pass out [...]
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Tonawanda Indian Baptist Church - Wednesday
Wednesday? Already? It sure feels like this week is flying by! Today was a busy day for our crew. This morning, Jake & Jenilee accompanied Jeff & Andres to the Jumbo (a supermarket in San Pedro) to pick up supplies to make lunches to be delivered to a village. Upon their return, we formed an assembly line to make over [...]
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Tonawanda Indian Baptist Church - Tuesday
Today’s word: Exhausting. That’s the best way to describe the happenings of our group today. Like every other day, we got up “bright & early” to prepare for the day. Today’s assignment: Repair & rebuild a bathhouse for a 19 year old Christian boy in one of the sugarcane villages. Pastor John, Jeff, & Andres headed out ahead [...]
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Tonawanda Indian Baptist Church - Monday
Palm Trees. The sight of palm trees puts a smile on our faces. If you’re looking at a palm tree, odds are you’re no where near the snow-laden surroundings of Western New York. There are many, many palm trees here…& that makes us happy!
Monday started in a hurry…like a mad dash of horses down the stretch [...]
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Tonawanda Indian Baptist Church - Sunday
Sunday followed a long night of much needed sleep. We rolled out of bed at 7 am (some of even before 6 am) today to get ready & head downstairs for breakfast. After that we headed back to our rooms to prepare for church. The buses arrived to take us to Quisqueya, a small town [...]
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Tonawanda Indian Baptist Church - Saturday
Well, Day One is officially in the books…& what a long day it was, indeed! After several long hours “flapping our wings”, we were ready to collapse…then we got slapped in the face with a heat wave unfamiliar to the friendly (yet chilly) confines of Western New York. After “touching down” in the Dominican Republic, [...]
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