Adios Once Again, Amigoes!

Sometimes we have to pinch ourselves.    We can't believe we get to do what we do as often as we do and that the do-ing takes place where it does!    We have a new assignment beginning Mid-September until mid-October in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.   Here is what is going on and here is how we fit in.    

We have the privilege of being involved with the Genesis Project, which is an initiative to plant 28 churches right in the middle of large Spanish-speaking cities in Central and South America and the Caribbean Islands


Our assignment is supporting those volunteer missionaries who come to the Dominican Republic for intensive training workshops.    They are young, Spanish-speaking professionals who have accepted the call, " Who will go?" and have raised financial support that allows them to commit to their assigned cities for two years.   They have been preparing;  now, they are moving toward the starting line and entering the race.

Here is where we come in-managing the 5 bedroom, 3 bath household where they will live, study, and learn during this month.   And, our arms are bruised from the pinching because we get to live with them, cook for them, and serve them.   ....And, all in Español!   What a joy to have learned enough Spanish in the last two years to be invited into this mission.    We have been invited to attend some of their training workshops and to tag along on some of their field trips.   We can smell vocabulary enhancement!  

 We have begun the process of packing, referring to our faithful two-page, three-column list of what to take along for this adventure. Our third suitcase contains gifts, educational materials, and favorite foods that are expensive outside of the states.   This suitcase is always compliments of American Airlines, saving us the cost of an extra baggage fee!  We look forward to teaching English as a Foreign Language and for the relationships that have a way of developing when languages and cultures are exchanged.  

We delight in these journeys that call us out headfirst into spiritual submersion and discovery.  In all our assignments, we gain greater insight and sensitivity into the transforming power that belongs only to the church and its fruit.   

We are moving over to let you find a steppingstone              

and take this walk with us.  Pray that we will see the
need before it is visible
and hear the request before it is spoken.

Keep Looking Up
J:m and L:nda