My new season has kicked off. I arrived to the Dominican Republic Friday evening. It was a busy travel day but all pretty manageable. I think the highlight though was that after a three hour bus ride from the airport, Team Monarch and Team Agape were dropped off along the side of the road to split off in a direction different from the rest of the teams. Our main contact arrived in his truck with 13 World Racers gear strapped down on top. We proceeded to then load a total of 16 people onto this same truck, which meant that I got to literally hang off the side of it for the next 30 or so minutes as we traveled up the mountains at about 30-40 mph. I know family is going to love hearing that! J
We have more details for ministry this month! It’s going to be crazy! Challenging! Stretching! So much else. I feel blessed to have this chance to experience what we are going to experience. We’re staying in Padre Las Casas on the weekends, but during the week, Team Monarch will be hiking to remote villages to stay there 2.5 days at a time to build connections and relationships with the local people in each village. Now when I say remote, we’re talking that this is probably the first time that a white person has ever likely set foot in some of these places. Places that have absolutely zero church presence. Places where idolatry is the norm. That means we really have to be on the ball and ready to go, because we’ll be making a huge impression one way or another, and hopefully its one that is incredibly positive.
Also, in less than 24 hours, God has already opened a huge door too here in Padre Las Casas. On the way to pick up this Wifi, we met another missionary couple in our neighborhood who have been here about 3 months. They are working on a sort of Christian festival for two weekends from now. The last one they helped put on brought in about 8,000 people and they would love for us to be a part of this next one! How cool is that?
Please continue to keep us all in your prayers. Prayers for safety, for open hearts and minds, for open doors and big opportunities, for strength and unity, perseverance.
