Day Three!

Group two arrived safely after traveling eight hours from the Dominican Republic. They made it through the border with relative ease which was an answer to prayer. They have great stories to tell about their stay in the D.R. but mose importantly, this group learned that in the D.R. tortillas are not they same as they are in the United States. Lupe, ordering tortillas for the group, was met with a look of confusion from the staff. However, they procedeed with the request and brought the group six omlettes.

Group three arrived safely as well. They had very nice seats flying in which was a blessing!

We went to church this morning at a church in a more upper class neighborhood. It was about an hour away, so on our drive there we were able to see a much broader view of the devastation. We saw schools that were broken down, apartments demolished, and many homes and stores that were gone as well. The most impactful think that we saw was the refugee camps which were basically "tent" after "tent" of families who were impacted by the earthquake. When we finally made it to church, we had quite a climb up the hill! The servive was wonderful and there were even a few songs that we were able to recognize and sing in English. Pastor Franklin spoke from Joshua 1:7-9 and we followed along as best we could with an outline that he had given to us. After church we took a further tour of the city and we saw more of what the earthquake did to this city. Tomorrow we start our official day of work and we are going to a church to help rebuild a wall and possibly do some VBS activity!