Monday

Because Sunday was so late Dan let the team sleep in with the van leaving at 8am. Paul led devotions on leading a Christian life.

After breakfast the team loaded up with gospel tracts and headed to the marketplace. In 45 minutes about 500 tracts were handed out to vendors and customers alike. The marketplace is a hectic managerie of produce, household items, consumer goods, and meat (including a goat head and piles of fish in the 90 degree heat covered with flies). Always an adventure and unique look at this culture. Pictures cannot duplicate the sounds and smells

A trip to Pastor Wilfredo's village was next. It's always a treat for the team as he and the children there dance and sing as this is a very special day in their eyes. We support Wilfredo because of his dedication to the orphans and poor Haitians who live here. He is truly a man of God; a dentist/pastor/community leader who makes room in his tiny home for orphans to live with him. After helping serve food, playing with the kids, and hearing Wilfredo's thoughts/ideas about the future we enjoyed lunch in his house. That's when Paul decided to put his head where it didn't belong and ended up with 5 stitches (Paul is not "Dominican sized").

The Mission Center was the next stop to talk to people about future plans to help the disabled. A generous donation of baseball gear brought by Mike and Dave was distributed with Pastor Anderson's help and the guys played ball with the DR boys (with, not against).

Back to the garage for supper and loading the vehicles for the Jesus film that night. It was nearly dark during setup and the attendance very thin at first but halfway through a very attentive crowd was on hand of maybe 40-50. After the team gave the gospel message Nataniel led an altar call with a number of responses. While not a large crowd, the Spirit of the Lord was definitely present and many stayed for some time worshipping and hugging Americanos. We can never under-estimate the power of the gospel and who may respond. It was a very good night and the team was back to the hotel by 10:30 for debrief.