Hi Jill-
Feliz compleanos from el equipo. I think I just said Happy Birthday to you from the team. Today, you will hear from Naomi and Irv on behalf of el equipo de Republica Dominicana. :) It is so funny, sometimes it's hard to remember English when you are getting use to Spanish. The team is doing really well. No injuries and sickness is limited to couple of headaches but nothing advil wouldn't cure. I think today was the hottest day we've had so far. Much was accomplished today. Today was project day. Sandy, Carl and Irv put a drop ceiling in the pastors office. Dorinda and Helen finished painting the boards for the ceiling and put a final coat of paint on some of the furniture. Naomi and Jenny slaved hard digging a trench 8 inches deep so we could put a pipe in. Marty and Lloyd worked on a plumbing project at a local public school. The ladies of the trip got their lesson today in Dominican laundry courtesy of Valerie and Nathy. We used a Dominican washer and hung our clothes out to dry. Didn't take to long to dry as it is so hot here. The ladies also got to go shopping in a couple of local stores and got to shop at a local supermarket to pick up what we needed for dinner.We also got to visit some of the ladies in the community and were able to hand out the gifts/cards/pics/letters that Helen's small group did. It was very touching to see just how a little gesture brought such joy to these ladies. Tonight event included family photo night. We had a nice turn out and were so happy to see the people dress up to have their pictures taken. So we had Lloyd as our photographer, Marty coordinated smiles and organization and Jenny and Helen greeted and checked in families as they arrived. And Irv and Dorinda handled the printing and putting of the pictures in frames as they will be given out to the families on Thursday when they come to church and pastor Ignacio will be preaching on families. Tonight we had the wonderful opportunity to put on a new skit for the children in Monti Cristi. We did the story of Joseph and his coat of many colors. The activity was a cut out of Joseph and stickers that the kids could dress him up. I think we all really had a great time interacting with the kids. It was a great activity Jenny found. Please let our families know that everything is great and that lives are being changed in so many ways that we don't even know yet. Thank everyone for their prayers and let Marni know that we miss her and wish she was here. The photo night was a huge success thanks to her help with doing the picture frames. Muchas gracias to everyone for their part in us being here. God is great.
Dios te bendigo.
El equipo
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