They're here and going strong!
They arrived without any difficulties, endured the three hour ride from Santo Domingo to Santiago, enjoying the beautiful scenery. We have had an OUTSTANDING first day- the medical folks treated 110+ folks, and Hunter got over having a "drive-up" in his pharmacy! He doesn't like them back home, but it worked out well for the folks to come around to the back door of the church and get their meds.
The Mill Creek Water Boys did an awesome job of preparing the CS Water folks- we have the unit all up and ready to go, in one day, with just one trip to the hardware store! Lucas got the foundation built for us this weekend so that was ready to go. We just had to plumb a water source over to the unit, the tanks were there by 11am, and by 1pm, pretty much all was plumbed in. They got the plywood cut and the unit assembled. All we need now is water! They say the community has water only in the mornings so we are counting on having full tanks when we get there and hopefully 500 gallons of purified water by 10am if all goes well!
On top of all that, we were able to do some troubleshooting at Villa de Yaque- their well is giving them trouble, pulling up a lot of mud which is creating other problems. They were expecting the man who dug the well to come this afternoon to clean it and put some gravel down to eliminate this problem.
By the way, I got a "complaint" about the basketball court today- one of the neighbors was a little miffed that the kids were there making noise from 6am to 11pm everyday. We are going to meet with the community leaders again to see how we can alleviate some of their frustration- but what a great problem to have!
Not but last least, our Dominican friends who helped us, were awesome. We were able to share the gospel with everyone who attended- several made professions of faith. And for all of them, they had a great experience in this church, seeing God's love in action. Pray with us that many will come back and join in Bible studies and worship experiences so they may grow in their knowledge of God and live in His peace and joy. That is what it is all about!
The Mill Creek Water Boys did an awesome job of preparing the CS Water folks- we have the unit all up and ready to go, in one day, with just one trip to the hardware store! Lucas got the foundation built for us this weekend so that was ready to go. We just had to plumb a water source over to the unit, the tanks were there by 11am, and by 1pm, pretty much all was plumbed in. They got the plywood cut and the unit assembled. All we need now is water! They say the community has water only in the mornings so we are counting on having full tanks when we get there and hopefully 500 gallons of purified water by 10am if all goes well!
On top of all that, we were able to do some troubleshooting at Villa de Yaque- their well is giving them trouble, pulling up a lot of mud which is creating other problems. They were expecting the man who dug the well to come this afternoon to clean it and put some gravel down to eliminate this problem.
By the way, I got a "complaint" about the basketball court today- one of the neighbors was a little miffed that the kids were there making noise from 6am to 11pm everyday. We are going to meet with the community leaders again to see how we can alleviate some of their frustration- but what a great problem to have!
Not but last least, our Dominican friends who helped us, were awesome. We were able to share the gospel with everyone who attended- several made professions of faith. And for all of them, they had a great experience in this church, seeing God's love in action. Pray with us that many will come back and join in Bible studies and worship experiences so they may grow in their knowledge of God and live in His peace and joy. That is what it is all about!
