Serving........

Our time in the Dominican has been all about serving. Serving God by serving others. We had the honour to serve lunch to the afternoon class at the school. A wonderful group of children in grade 1 and 2. They are just normal kids, kids that can be found in any country, but fortunately they are here and we have been able to get to know many of them. Many of them are connected to our family and friends in Canada through sponsorship. We are so lucky to be able to show them God's love and to let them know who their sponsors are. We pray that you are able to have the opportunity to serve this holiday season, it feels so good.

Brent? Is that you?

Brent spends a lot of time working at the camp. He works 1 week at the school and 1 week at the camp. He works hard most of the time, but when he is at the camp, he is on his own agenda and when he is on his own agenda he tends to push himself very hard. There have been 2 men hired to machette the land clear at the back of the camp. Brent has gone behind them and piled up the brush and then when it is dry he starts a fire to burn it off. I think he has fun doing it and he is out on his own alot and thinks. I love this photo because it captures just how much he is willing to work on his mission that God has sent us on. He could just leave things, light the fire and go, but he cares about what he does and really wants to do them work out for His glory.

Life at Campamento Buenas Nuevas

Life at the camp has been a huge adjustment, and a great one. We have welcomed many family and friends to our "home" oasis and with those friends have been gifts from family and friends at home. Like the "Webkins" pictured here with Mikaela and Reilly. They have been addicting little creatures that allow the owner to access this great website and all three of the girls are on it a lot. Thanks Marshalls!! It has been an honour to have many close friends come and see where we live. Bruce and Catherine French inparticular were happy to finally see where we live and how we live. Part of life in the Dominican is also how they travel and Canadians always jump at the chance to ride in the back of a pickup truck! When the team was here and building the playground, it was a 5 minute ride away so many took advantage of this fun way to get around!! We will make sure you see more of how things are here! Keep watching!

Our "Home" Church Visits

We had the honor of having our home church from Calgary, Canada, SunWest Christian Fellowship here for 7 days. Their focus here was to build this playground in a community in Los Alcarrizos and despite torrential rainfall for 3 days, they completed their goal. We had a marvellous time of fellowship and fun with them. Some we knew very well, and some we didn't know at all to start, but now are all considered our "church family". We swam in the ocean together, we walked the streets of the old city together and we ate lots of food together! It was a blessing to have them here to see our home and to share in our love of the Dominican people. If any of you want to come back......you know where we live and our door is always open!