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A recent boon to our program is the introduction of new material which instructs principled living. In the material we have been blessed...
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chet105
- Feb 15
- 1 min
More than Nourishment
Our refugee kids get to eat everyday and that prospect is good. The meal they receive is not just a space filler but it’s a hot cooked...
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chet105
- Feb 15
- 1 min
Success in entrepreneurship
With an eye toward developing families so they can support themselves, we promote and facilitate small business as appropriate. A recent...
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chet105
- Feb 15
- 1 min
10 year old Miguelito writes his name for the first time
Miguelito has been attending the local Dominican school for two years. Due to his inability to speak Spanish, some of the fundamentals...
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simmons808
- Nov 18, 2020
- 1 min
One of a Kind Larimar Jewlery is up for sale.
Stone: Larimar (can only be found on the island of Haiti and the Dominican) Also called “Stefilia’s Stone” It is a rare blue variety of...
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chet105
- Oct 12, 2020
- 1 min
Banking update
Our community banking initiative is thriving!!! It’s so awesome. A couple things to report back on. Simeon says that he has seen people...
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chet105
- Oct 12, 2020
- 1 min
A bath whether we needed it or not!
It’s been 3 days and Lance was getting a little ripe so I insisted that it was time to visit the all natural bath house. Though the water...
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chet105
- Oct 12, 2020
- 2 min
a vision of Mercy, Understanding
We don't always understand why things are hard in life but fortunately, yesterday we were brought to understand why our trip to the top...
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chet105
- Oct 12, 2020
- 2 min
a less favorable section of the route
We are finally out of the jungle and oh man was it a trek. It ended up being a lot longer than we expected. We were told it would be...
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chet105
- Oct 12, 2020
- 2 min
Path Laid out by Angels from Heaven
I need to give a shout out to Juan Sevoya and Ishmael...Ishmael got us back on track when we were heading the wrong way and Sevoya got us...
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chet105
- Oct 12, 2020
- 3 min
Always Ready for the Sun to Rise
We spent the night there in our hammocks (crashed at dark/7pm). It dumped rain which I loved but I got the sense that it did this every...
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chet105
- Oct 12, 2020
- 2 min
Toil of the Trail lessened by light
We are back on our own. Juan and Viejo’s parting words were, “You won’t get lost from here. Just stay on this trail. You’ll know you’re...
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chet105
- Oct 12, 2020
- 3 min
Divine Timing
With every trip there are details that we just don’t have time to share. I’m sharing this detail now because it has relevance to...
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chet105
- Oct 12, 2020
- 4 min
Coming out of the woods
The last 10 miles had some ups and downs but was completely on a mountain road so though the ups were exhausting it was not technical at...
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chet105
- Oct 12, 2020
- 1 min
Building Local Banks
Soaking up Simeon’s report on community togetherness brought me great joy today. He summarized, “We are showing people how to live well...
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chet105
- Oct 12, 2020
- 1 min
Back and Bent on Finding the Track
COVID-19 has kept us away from personally being with the communities that we’ve been working with in our efforts fighting against child...
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chet105
- Oct 12, 2020
- 1 min
The Change is beginning to flow
It’s not easy to abolish child trafficking. In this instance the parents need a healthy way to support their families. God provided the...
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Lance Mergens
- Jan 11, 2020
- 1 min
The perfect ending to one tough day:
hike to the waterfall to take a shower, then continue up the mountain to where the spring flows (literally the river flows) out of the...
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Lance Mergens
- Jan 11, 2020
- 2 min
Our clouds have a silver lining
We made it to the emergency room and got him the stitches he needed. The Dominicans and the Haitians don’t really like each other all...
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Lance Mergens
- Jan 11, 2020
- 2 min
Unofficial EMT
We went to check on the guy that was in the clinic that had gotten hit in the head with a rock and had gotten stabbed in the leg. The...
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