A Short Update

Well, I am on my seventh week here in the lovely Dominican Republic! The last two weeks has been a whirl of fun, exciting adventures. Last week we spent the whole week on “Travel Week,” exploring the country. We started in Santo Domingo, the capital, visiting a lot of museums and learning about the history of this place. Then we drove two and a half hours to another part of the island where we stayed in a “jungle resort” in the middle of nowhere. We went on a nature walk, explored caves with pictographs, and relaxed at the beach. While the museums were not really my thing, I LOVED the time at the beach.
We got back to the base on Saturday, rested Sunday, and Monday we started a ministry class with a professor who came to teach us from Bethel. It was a great time learning about missions and God’s view of missions. I really enjoyed it! This class was in preparation for our ministry sites. We were supposed to start sites today, but in Dominican fashion, we were delayed until Monday. The Dominican government decided with the hurricane and all the rain we are getting, that there would be no school today. Since half of us are going to be working in preschools that are closed today, our team leaders decided we would just wait until Monday to start.  (Side note: the hurricane is not here, we are only having rain from it- we are safe. J)

So, on Monday I will be going to a preschool in “El Callejon” (a little community in Jarabacoa) to work for the rest of the semester. We will be focusing on building relationships and ministering to the missionaries who are site leaders in these places. I am really excited to see how God uses this site to impact my life!

*Brittini