Update #3

6-28-11:  Today was a great day of ministry.  In the morning we held our
VBS at Pastor Jose Juan house and we had the most kids yet.  It is cool
to see the little kids develop special relationships with our
students.  We have been teaching them some songs in english and they
especially like Justin’s bananna song.  We are using the Wordless book
to teach them about salvation and are excited for giving them all
bracelets and see if any will trust Christ.  A few of our guys stayed
behind this morning and did some concrete work at the guest house and
other jobs to prepare for a team of 40 people coming in next week. 
After lunch we prepped for ministry in the countryside.  We rode out and
the area is very different then where we are staying.  We are staying
in a very middle class neighborhood and the VBS is in a middle class
neighborhood but the country is very much the lower class.  We went to
the houses meeting people, inviting them to the service, and looking for
opportunities to pray with them.  Then we held a church service and did
some songs, testimonies, a skit called the sin chair, and Pastor Jose
Juan spoke.  It was cool to see Anthony, a young man from the DR, accept
Christ today.  A group visited his house and played some dominoes with
him and his friends and invited him to the service and to see him come
and then trust Christ was amazing.  I had the chance to talk to him
after the service and he certainly understood what he did.  He was
asking me if it was a sin to play dominoes or if it was a sin to be in
love.  He was processing how this decision to follow Christ would change
his life.  Hard to believe that we have two more days of ministry left
and then a long day of travel on Friday.  I am very proud of our team,
they are being challenged but have great attitudes and are excited to
minister.  We are at the part of the trip where stomachs are a little
uneasy, not major sickness but not feeling normal either.  We are
praying for continued health, continued safety, continued great weather,
and a great two days of ministry.  What a privilege it is to be with
this team and to serve here in the DR.  Can’t wait for you to have an
opportunity to talk with our team about what God has been teaching them
and how they have grown and been stretched.
PJ