Leading up to DR I knew it would be all squad month.
Which meant all 47 of us in the same location all together.
I had so many mixed feelings about this.
On one hand I was ridiculously excited to see my squad again and start a new country but on the other hand I was nervous to see how 47 people living in community was going to turn out, Let me break it down a little bit for you.
One bathroom…
One shower and a waterfall.
[Check that one off the list, I showered by waterfall all month and even though it was cold, it was incredible!] When we got to our ministry location and I realized how many of us there actually was, I was worried that I wasn’t going to connect with our ministry host. (Vicky and Ruben Dominguez)
Since being on the race, I have realized a big part of my heart and my personal ministry is very relational. I love to spend time with people and get to know them and I feel God around very strongly through those relationships.
So as we started to set up our tents and get settled into our new home for February, I feared that I was going to be very disconnected this month because I wasn’t going to be able to bond with my host or even my squad.
Boy was I wrong!
I got to know most of my squad more and bond tighter with the ones I had gotten to know already and the hosts learned every single one of our names (As well as our food allergies; Like me being lactose intolerant) They have eight kids total and four kids (Junior, Josiah, Star and Solimar) living with them (The older four moved to the states) and even the younger kids got to know all of our names!
I could talk all day about how incredible this family is and how wonderful much I loved Dominican Republic but I don’t want to ramble.
I just think its incredible how God built and strengthened all these bonds when it seemed impossible with so many people in the same place.
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What ministry looked like this month: Everyday was something different and I loved it! Ministry ranged from prayer walking in Lajas and also in Santiago. Teaching English in Lajas and Cien Fuego. ‘Work duty’ (which meant cooking lunch and dinner for the whole squad and doing everyones laundry for the day) and ‘grounds’ which was manual labor I really loved being able to experience something different everyday and thins I’ve never done before! If you want to check out the ministry that Vicky and Ruben are a part of then go to www.hope4drnow.org
