Connections Cafe

Tonight Emanuel, Andre, Jonathan and I practiced English with people at the Connection Cafe. I met Douglas, a regular customer who knew lots about Canada and spoke quite fluently. He asked what I believed and shared that he had a Catholic background. Please pray that God will use the verses we talked about to draw Douglas to Himself. On the way home, Tammie shared that the Cafe struggles financially. Please pray that God will give the Romanos wisdom about the future of the Cafe ministry. Love you all and I'm looking forward to seeing you soon and sharing more of the many ways we're seeing God work in the DR!

Diana

Some more pics!

First day of VBS

Here we go!

Tim's getting old, complaints about dancing for VBS 

-Emanuel 

I need to clarify something. Dancing is not an issue. 45 minutes of Zumba on steroids is!

-tim

No matter how many people are sitting in the back, Tim finds a way to squish his way in. These past 2 days have been an awesome start to our trip.

-Lauren

It's the DR. There is always room for one more. 

-tim

The prayer walk was a very moving reminder of how big our God is and how much the believers in the DR trust Him for everything. Then very passionate singing by adorable kids at VBS.

-Karen

Found a new way of reaching out to the kids that found us on our prayer walk today, what an amazing experience!

- Madi

The heat didn't stop us from working hard at construction this morning. Made a dent in the mound of dirt but still lots to do

   - Sydney 

We  had a great time with the kids they were so amazing i can not wait until tommorow day 2 of vbs

-Andre

Just coming back from an amazing time at VBS. I'm amazed at how much energy the kids had, and how dedicated they were to learning about God. I look forward to what the rest of the week has in store for us!

- The Biebs (Justin)

VBS was amazing it was so much fun doing the craft with the kids. 

-Naomi

Monday morning

This morning some of us got the opportunity to visit the homes of several families and got to hear their stories, share some testimonies and bible verses, and pray over their concerns. After the first house one of the young boys went to grab a few of his friends and for the next couple of houses we had a constant hand holding ours haha. There are so many medical needs down here as medicine is very costly for them. The people here are so wonderful and their trust in God is amazing! I'm falling in love with the Dominican all over again. God bless!

-Laura 

Having a lot of fun, but there is s lot of work to do

-Jonathan

Got my nickname...

-E(manuel labour) 

Just finished a morning of construction work and are heading to VBS with most of the team.  It is hot and sunny on that site!  I personally have felt very lifted up in prayer and know that God is the one giving us strength to work :) miss you all at home! This team is great and are working their hardest to serve. 

-Victoria 

Prayer and devotion to start the day

Heading to the beach!

"We have air conditioning on the bus!" 

-Victoria 

We are going to have solitude time with the Lord on the beachfront 

-Andre

We just spent our Sunday morning on the beach getting to read and mediate in scripture

-Gregory

Drinking PLENTY of water.

-Emanuel

Ready to eat at 'Los Charros' for lunch...then off to the beach to swim! 

-Madi + Sydney

Another beautiful day here in the Dominican Republic, beach side lunch and taking in all the beauty that is our Lord. Last day before All our hard work and out reach begins.

-Jacqueline 

As we've been driving our bus, I've been noticing how absolutely beautiful it is here. Today we're at the beach and it is just an amazing view. I find myself amazed when i think about who created this beauty. Every little detail from the palm trees, everything. The culture here is just breath taking.

-Lauren

We spent time on the beach doing a "lecteo divina" from 1 john 3:11-21. 

We have arrived!

Here safe and sound and none the worse for our trip! We are at the Romanos new house and setting up camp for the next week.