Dominican Republic - Day 4

Hola!

Hello again to all back home! Hopefully you all are not missing your wonderful children too much by now but just know that they are in great hands down here! Today we had a bit of an unfortunate case in which many students were taken ill. There seems to be a “stomach bug” floating around here at Score and unfortunately a few students came down with it. While many of these that did come down with this bug chose to stay here today the rest they got will be the energy they will need for tomorrow!

For those students that did make it out to the villages today we had a great time serving together! Over half the group went out and played and ministered to the children in the village we went to today. They had a great time playing basketball, running around, holding new born kittens, and just being a light for the Lord. While those students played with children a few other students requested to clean the local nursing home and hospital there. This was a very impacting experience for those that had never experienced those type of living conditions. We all had a great time today and saw the Lord through all the people we saw today. From the old people living in the nursing home to the young children needing love and attention each student was shown something different from God.

After enjoying a packed lunch in the local church, we headed off to one of our favorite places to go down here: Jumbo! For those of you who don’t know what Jumbo is, it is the local Walmart down here in the Dominican. The students love going here and getting food for villages we go out to serve. After making our large assembly line, gathering all the food, and checking out, we headed for our next village.

The next village we went to was owned by the government and was lived in by people who work in the sugarcane fields here. This was a smaller village and the students were really able to connect to the individuals that we saw. Here, we fed about 35 families. Each student was able to give a family a bag of food that we got at Jumbo. After they gave the food to the family they prayed for the family and got to see how happy and thankful each person truly was. Everyone really enjoyed the time that we spent at this village. Tomorrow we have an eventful day at the straw market and another familiar village for those who have attended this trip previous years. Be assured that all of your children that are not feeling well are doing much better now and are almost back to 100%.

Continue to pray that we have endurance, love, and “wellness” for all of us here!

Morgan Kirk