Una Pausa

We have made it to break! After having five summer mission teams come and go we have made it to our five day break. Friday, after a slight scenic detour, we traveled to Jarabacoa for some rest and fun. Upon arrival Rich and Tim took the interns for a hike to some beautiful waterfalls. We had a nice dinner at our hotel and then everyone was in bed by nine o'clock! None of us ever go to sleep that early during the summer, it was wonderful!

Saturday morning we headed off to go white water rafting. The water was freezing but, the mountains and river were beautiful. Thankfully we had amazing guides that got us through the rapids with ease and no one flipped their raft. I'll try to post photos soon.

Today we are going to take it easy. Hopefully I can get some laundry done and get the house back into order before the crazy schedule picks up again. On Tuesday we begin the final strech of the summer with the last three groups from Chattanooga, TN; Lake Jackson, TX; and finally Richfield, MN.

Como se dice "ouch"

Friday afternoon while walking through the children's home I fell on my knee. I'm not sure how it happened but, I landed on a sharp rock. I've had surgery on this knee before and so immediately I was worried that I had messed something up. I can walk and the swelling has gone down so, I think I'm okay. Next time we are stateside I'll probably get it checked out.

On another note, we only have three summer mission teams to come this summer. The time has flown by. The interns are doing a great job and the teams have been a blessing. Please continue to pray for the summer program, that lives would be changed by God's love and the hope we have in Christ.

Gone but, Not Forgotten

Last week, with the help of a team from Northland Missions, we were able to go to La Caribe and serve some people. La Caribe is where we were drilling and were unable to find water after drilling 220 feet. We are hoping to be able to go back after the rig gets fixed and we complete our summer program. It was really important to us to let the people know that we haven't forgotten about them and we want to help in any way we can.

The Northland Missions team put on a VBS in the morning. We are pretty sure this was the first time the kids had ever had an activity like that before. They loved it! In the afternoon we painted two house.

The first house we painted was for an elderly woman. I was able to visit with her a little and she told me "I never thought I could have my house painted on my own. I just had to have faith in God that someone could come help, and God was faithful." She was so happy she was wiping away tears most of the time we were there. She flet so blessed that she wanted us to come paint her neighbors house. She told me "I don't want to have a better house than them. I don't ever want to have something that they don't."

The next house we painted was for a family that had been very generous to Rich and Wilson. They cooked food for them everyday and even taught Rich how to play Dominos. Everyone was thrilled to meet "la esposa de Ricardo," that's me. We had a great time working and visiting together. They wanted us to come back soon and visit. Hopefully we will! We have become very close with this little community and will not forget about them! A special thanks to the Northland Mission group for helping us reach out to La Caribe.