Our English Students

Rebecca and I both have students that come to our home on Wednesday afternoons. Victor is 19 and is in grade 12 and Debby is 14 and in grade 10. We enjoy having them come and little do they know, but they are helping us with our Spanish too!

SunWest on Video On-Line

We have been blessed in many ways since coming to the Dominican, but what we discovered one Sunday was so totally great that we sat in awe and watched as our pastor gave his sermon via video. It was not live, but it was only a couple of weeks old and we were blessed! We go to church here, but sometimes only get half of the sermon, if that because of the language barrier. That Sunday and many since we have been fed!! We want to thank each and every person who makes this happen! Our only wish is that some music be attached sometimes, but will settle for Willy!!! Ha Ha!

An Outting

Hi. We were suprised by Valentin with a trip to the Botanical Gardens in Santo Domingo. It was a great day and it was a nice get away. We love the flora in the Domincian and so it was the perfect escape for the day. We are pictured here in the Japanese Gardens (it made me think of my brother).

Our "New" Sponsored Child

I would like to introduce to you Yomari Martinez. She is 12 and in grade 6. It is totally a God thing that we have her as a sponsored child because we were looking at sponsoring a younger child like Jerry, but God had different ideas. I was sure she would have had a sponsor already with her Dad, Juanito, working at the camp and she comes and helps out and hangs around. We didn't even think about her, but I happened to see her and give her a hug when I was on my way over to Sarah's office, so when I got there she was still on my mind and I asked Sarah if Yomari had a sponsor. And now you know the rest of the story.....Yomari is a good friend of our girls and she comes over often to "hang" with them when she isn't doing homework. We thought Juanito's smile was absolutely a blessing from God when we told him we were his daughter's sponsors and we thought we were blessing him! We just never know what is going to happen!

Our "Old" Sponsored Child

We were sad to hear that "our" Jerry was going to another school this year. His older brother Harrison is now going to the Nazarene School just down the road and Jerry refused to go here without Harrison. We are still not sure of the reason for Harrison going to the other school, but are thankful that they are going to a school none the less. We remain friends with the family and believe that to be important for Jerry and his family. We want him to know that we value him as a kid not just because we sponsored him. We let the family know that if they needed anything they were to ask and we could see if we could help out. We are also invited to Jerry's Aunt Julie's wedding in December.

Our Nikki and Darel

Our daughter Nikki married Darel Unruh, in 2004 and it has been a blessed union. Nikki brings out the best in Darel and Darel has brought the best out in Nikki. They both support each other and that is important. Both sets of parents live far away now, and they rely on each other and that is exactly the way it should be. They both make me laugh on a regular basis, in fact they crack me up. We miss them a lot and I know they miss us too, but they have each other. We love you guys!!