Breakfast was hard boiled eggs (served hot), fruit and pancakes. Chloe led the devotion titled "Being Christian in an Un-Christian World".
After a stop to overload Pablo's truck with wheelchairs, today's first stop was to the Nelson's village at El Quattro. It was also Shawn's first opportunity to do some real DR driving versus just the occasional short trip. Always an adventure in defensive driving tactics. In addition to providing bibles, food, and wheelchairs, the team showed the Jesus film to the kids in their church and spent time playing with the kids. Nelson's church is one of the churches we fund throughout the year for a feeding program. Lunch was the feeding program fare: chicken, beans, and rice, the staple diet in the DR.
The team and the remaining wheelchairs were then taken to Alberto's church where he and his wife were waiting with a group to receive them. The people included a young lady with muscular dystrophy, an elderly woman with a foot amputation from diabetes, a middle-aged man who was badly hurt and unable to walk from an accident, a young man with birth defects, and various others who either had no or limited use of their limbs. In addition to the wheelchairs, the team also is blessing the people of the DR with canes, walkers, and crutches. Smiles and praises to God were in abundance.
Dinner back at the house was steamed vegetables and Pablo's famous meatballs with pasta. Not very Dominican but seriously good.
The Jesus film was shown in another small village outside of town that we haven't been to before. Tonight we set up in the main street with maybe 150 in attendance. Dan gave a message to the young men and the local pastor talked before worship and praise. Like every night, food and bibles were left with the pastor and a needy woman blessed with a wheelchair. The team was back for the debrief by 10:30. A lot of kids today between the Nelson's church and the movie. This is the future. These are the ones we need to reach for Christ before it's too late.
Good night
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