As many of you know, I am squad leading with C squad from
January to mid May. Thus far we had
launch in Miami Florida, early January and from there we went to the Dominican
Republic. Chris and Holli, my other 2
squad leaders and I have spent the months together for the most part. We had three teams in San Juan where we spent
most of our time working with our main contact Miguel. We would venture out with teams when time and
opportunity allowed us. We were
fortunate that we got an opportunity to visit the other 4 teams that were
scattered abroad in the DR. We had 2
teams up in the mountains were we got a chance to experience village life in
the mountains and taste some genuine authentic Dominican coffee grown, roasted
and brewed in the mountains…delicious!!!!
The other 2 teams were in smaller town.
I would also note that last month there were all sorts of presidential
campaigning going on and one of our teams happened to be in the town where
Danilo, who is running for president is from.
While we got to visit that team, there was a huge street fest with all
sorts of free food and music, in which Danilo’s sister actually served us a
plate full of rice and beans. It was sad
to leave the DR but am almost certain that it won’t be my last time there. I fell in love with the people and the
ministry. But alas we did make our way
to the other side of the island…Haiti.
This month, our whole squad of 45 people are in one location in Grand Goave, which is about 2 hours west of Port au Prince and located right on the beach. We are working with Mission of Hope International in which they are currently constructing a new school/orphanage/church, to which has been a big project we have been working on. One day in particular, we had to do a concrete pour that day because the next day the mixer was being taken away to another site and we didn’t get started until 2pm and didn’t finish until 10pm. All together we poured 29 yards of concrete and that is between 40 some Americans pouring 15 and a group of 20 Haitians pouring the other 14. We actually had a contest in which we started 45 mins earlier than them and were closer to our pour site and yet they still beat us and then helped us finish our pour.
Thus
far I have absolutely loved Squad leading.
It has been a completely different shift from doing the World Race. Even though I am with the World Race, this is
not WR 2.0, it is intentionally pouring into the team leaders and helping them
out so that they can continue to pour into their teams and be effective and
efficient as possible is sharing the gospel and loving people with the love of
Christ. This month has been a blessing
to have everyone together and we have taken advantage of that with having time
for just the leadership team to get away by themselves and even have had a few
evenings of worship in which the Spirit of the Lord showed up and continued to
minister to us. I say all this with encouraging
words but it certainly hasn’t been a simple trip or been all peaches and
cream. We certainly have had our
difficult times, with one person going home already due to having to have
unexpected surgery.
We have
a few more weeks here in Haiti and then leave the Caribbean area and head for
eastern Europe to Romania and then Moldova.
After month 4, the three of us Squad leaders take off and leave C squad
for the duration of their 11 month trip.
I am still in need of financial aid.
I have to raise 5200 for the hole 4 months and thus far through the help
and prayers of all my supporters have raised 3200 and in need of another 2000
by the time I leave in mid May to come back home. The Lord has been continually confirming my
calling to squad leading and am blessed to be doing what I love doing…investing
into the lives of others and doing behind the scene stuff so that others can do
what they are called to do and sharing Christ with lost and least of these. I ask for support both prayerfully more than
anything else as we know that we are not fighting physical battles but more
spiritual battles and am in need of people believing that the victory has won
already and declaring that already for us.
But if you have the means and feel compelled please consider giving to
my account and help me continue what I love doing.
