June 26

Hey Guys its Jeff once again, this time I am going to write more than an introduction =). Today we started our day off by visiting Margara! For those of you that don't know, Last year we spent our entire week in Margara. It was really nice to go back and see our friends. The Community has made a really big step towards the future of their children. Last year when we were there they had only one school and it was for preschool aged children. Now they have a center for tutoring 3 times a week for all ages. It was really nice to see how much the city has changed. The streets were much cleaner and the children seemed extremely happy. Oh and as we climbed off the bus we were lucky enough to catch a cock fight, which is a big sport here in the Dominican. It was interesting cause I have never seen one before...No they didn't let them kill each other they stopped it when it got to fierce. But the coolest part of the visit was when we got to see Leona and Lupie. For those of you that don't know Lupie was cured of blindness and paralysis last year on the trip. I added the link to the Motion Magazine if you want to read her story. Unfortunately Lupie was sleeping and we did not get a chance to talk to her but Leona was out in the front of her house and was really excited when she saw Lynsey and me. We got a chance to talk to her about Lupie,and asked how she was doing. She said that Lupie is starting to fade in old age. Lupie is turning 88 soon and is starting to lose memory and is getting the flue very easily. It was such a blessing to see Leona and all our old friends from Margara. Both Lynsey and I had a real hard time leaving again because we love that city with all our hearts. It was awesome to see the center where they are tutoring the kids cause it was in the same house that we had our home base in last year. When you walk into the front room of the house there was a cork board with a small picture of last years team. When i saw that i had a hard time keeping myself from not cry (got to stay strong for my team!). All and all it was such an amazing morning. After that we came back to the house we are staying in and had Lunch. We also went to the Children's Hospital in the afternoon which was fun. We came back from that and the team got to go see the local Mall while i went into the city with Fausto, Fausto"s wife, and Jolene to run some errands. We had a great day today!


http://www.rockharbor.org/resources/motion/MOTION_August_web.pdf

P.S.- All the parents should be very proud of each and everyone of there kids!!!! I have never seen so many people work as hard as they have been working on this trip. They have been a total blessing to every one they have encountered. I am truly blessed to have such strong hearted team members. Thanks for your prayers we love you all.

Hey guys its Casey. Everyone is taking my words. God is working in amazing ways, as you can see from other's posts. Hopefully I'll write another night, but if I don't its because I'm having to much fun.