DR 2008 - Tuesday

The crew is healthy and certainly happy this morning. Fred and Darrel started the morning by patching up a big hole in Rich's bumper. It was actually so loud that it set off car alarms when you went by! They used an old Eagles vanity plate and wrapped it around and secured it with wire. It worked - Dominican style! Joe said that the Eagles fans were used to that kind of treatment.

After breakfast, the crew split up. Fred and I went to Los Girasoles to replace the main electrical feed into the building. You can't disconnect the power so we were going to do it hot. God provided and the power was out for the whole time! The problem was that we never knew when it would come back on and it started to rain! We got the whole project finished. The church windows were delivered and were being installed when we left.

Richie picked Fred and I up and we went to join the rest of the crew at La Yaguita. Pastor Ramone is trying to get set up as a Compassion International project as an outreach to the community. He needed a security fence and second bathroom added. The was the project for today and probably tomorrow. You can see the pictures below. Ramone and some men from the church/community helped us.

It was a hot day today and we got a few sunburns. Holly brought us lunch and there was a bit of laughing as well as hard as it is for you to believe. We will also get the water tower project finished before we leave. We ended the day with dinner at Ben and Michelle Hoffman's and a few hours of dominoes.

Pray that the weather stays nice and that we keep working injury-free.

The next update may not be until Thursday as we're going to the Carri bean World Series tomorrow night for a game and it will get late. Remember that fellowship with "the missionary" is an important part of our efforts. It's good for him to have some guys to just hang out with and laugh. I think we can accommodate him.

You will probably get a kick out of the video below. I went with Rich to the lumber yard today to pick up the pipes for the fence. The view you will see is us riding in his jeep up the back way to La Yaguita. It's funny from the standpoint of the bouncing but sad when you see the poverty. Please pray for this community as Pastor Ramone and others seek to minister there and share the Gospel.