Today was a missions day. We got to spend the day with the Hales. They are missionaries here in the D.R. They are amazing. We went to their church Sunday morning and they are a growing church. As Doug said they purchased a piece of land with the vision to build an orphanage/baseball camp/Christian school/Christian college on. They have purchased the land and are now working to clear and start building. Today we went to see the Christian school they are starting this next year. They are renting a place until theirs is build. It will be up to grade 4. They are looking for teachers. This morning while the boys were working hard helping Mr. Hale clear the land us girls went with Mrs. Hale to a consignment shop. She is working with the ladies here in the D.R. and teaching them how to earn money for themselves. Many ladies in the D.R. feel they need to be married or with a man. If not they will get involved in sex trafficking. She is teaching the women how to earn money for themselves. This consignment shop is part owned by a Dominican woman. She also sells some of her own clothes that she makes. They were amazing. I will post pictures. In the afternoon we went canvasing. It was amazing. We split up in groups and were given a Dominican to help translate. The translators were awesome. They taught us phrases to say. The Dominican were receptive of our information and literature we passed out. It was so good to get so close to the Dominicans. Tomorrow we have breakfast at 7 and then off to the island at 7:30. We are going to do some snorkeling and swimming. We will be stopping at a place to look for star fish and conch. I cant wait. Thanks for all your prayers!! We are having a blast!
Ms. Stevenson