2 Weeks after our mission trip

Now that we have been back for 2 weeks, life is back to normal and it is nice to have nothing planned for awhile. As I look back at our trip I think about how it felt so right to be telling people about the way to have peace with God. It felt great to be generous and bring food to people who needed it. It was nice to visit people and pray with them. I even enjoyed the excitement of being in some unsafe places to tell people about Christ.

Going on a mission trip for the first time with our kids was very eye opening for them. They know the differences in ways of life in a new place. We were the minority and did not know the language but we learned how to understand a few words in each sentence. I had a confidence in the Lord and felt connected to people even though we were foreigners.

Since I am a thinker, I now wonder what God has for us next. What is the plan moving forward? I have confidence that God will lead us to how we can serve Him and use our passions, skills and talents. He wants us to do the things that He has put in our hearts. One thing I know is I fell in love with a little girl in the DR, the baseball team could use some financial help and so can some of the missionaries. We are praying about how we can help. We also enjoyed visiting the elderly lepers.

I pray that God would give us the means and more opportunities in the future to do similar things. I am so grateful for all of the people that prayed, supported us and helped in what the Lord was doing. It was a privilege to go and be the hands and feet for Jesus. Thank you.

Bringing Food, A Song and a Prayer

After the baseball practice, we went grocery shopping and bought some food for 5 families. The first house we went to was a lady with a 2 year old that had burns on about 80% of her body. She became a Christian in the hospital after nurses prayed over her.

The next 4 families we felt like blessing were from the baseball practice. I was overwhelmed with what I had heard before I went, so I prayed not to get emotional while I was there to spread joy with these kids. Some of them had no home, mom or dad so we gave the food to relatives. The kids had us sing "Jesus Loves Me" and "I have a Joy....Down in my heart" in Spanish at every house we visited. Even at a whisper in a home that had 5 kids sleeping on one bed. We prayed for the families and gave them the food. Rylee brought some necklaces she was too old for now to give to the girls. I told them that the Lord wanted us to give this to them. I knew that this was all money given to us as donations for supplies and had nothing to do with us.

Our Trip to the Ball Game

We ended up doing a few unexpected things on our trip like doing devotions at a baseball practice. We prayed with them to receive Christ after sharing the gospel. This is a team of boys led by a previous professional baseball player. He has made it his ministry, to go to the less fortunate villages and pick up these kids in vans and teach them baseball. Some of them are not educated, some are homeless. What a huge heart Marquet has!



















Rylee and Little C












Noah up to bat

The Leprosy Colony

While we were here, Richard shared the Gospel of Jesus. We handed out crosses and Billy Graham booklets about steps to peace with God, as well as sunglasses and magnifying glasses.

Dental Program at the School

We were able to give these things to the less fortunate kids because of you; toothbrushes, floss, toothpaste, crosses, Billy Graham New Believer booklets and a Valentine candy. We shared a bible story and music too. Thank you!!

Our visit at Casa De Luz

It was really great to share songs, a bible story, simple dental hygiene, toothbrushes, floss, toothpaste, bubbles, and nail polish with these kids. The girls were lined up to get their nails done. One girl in the wheel chair shared a bible story with us, a song and even prayed over us. :)

Church in Santo Domingo

Church was just like ours- contemporary music with the Word. Just in Spanish. We had translating missionaries with us at all times.