I have never appreciated fast internet connections as much as I do right now at this moment. I´m at a tiny internet cafe and it took me a half hour just to load this page. So now, I don´t have very much time to update you all. Lets see, where to begin. So much has happened in the last few weeks.
We were in Mexico City for 2 weeks. The first three days we were there we spend reading the Bible out loud in different parts of the city. After that we sang Christmas carols around Christmas time, and prayed with different people in parks, while handing out sandwiches to the homeless and passing out bracelets to little homeless girls (the boys and mothers often wanted them too haha). We did several open air ministries in parks in downtown Mexico City, and got to pray for and talk to tons of people. I have tons of interesting stories about the city that I don´t have time to write down so you will have to ask me when I get back :).
Now, about the Dominican Republic. Our time here so far has been amazing!! We are working with a pastor named Veronica and living at her tiny little church in a tiny town called Bienvenido. This town is about 60% Haitian and almost 30% of the kids here are orphans. Pastor Veronica has such a heart for the people here and an amazing vision that I am so happy to be a part of. Most of the kids here start working, doing whatever they can to make money starting at age 3 or 4. Veronica has started a feeding program that we help out with three days a week on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Kids in the program can come and have a free meal at the church. On Monday and Friday nights we run a church service for the kids. About 10 kids accepted Christ last night it was really cool! On Wednesdays we do a VBS type program for the kids with a lesson and crafts and games. The kids love it. They love to take pictures with our cameras too, if you have a digital camera out you are automatically the most popular person around. There accents are really hard to understand so it is hard to communicate at times. But God is still doing work with the kids in this community. It is exciting to see. Veronica would love to see a lot more happen in the community, like a school and medical program for the kids and I hope to see that in the future as well.
Once again I want to thank all of you for your prayers and support, and would like to ask that you keep Veronica and the kids of Bienvenido in your prayers! :) They have captured my heart, and it will be sad to leave them.
