Current Need

In the Dominican Republic almost half the population lives below the poverty line which is currently two dollars a DAY! This lack of money often causes unhealthy habits and cycles in the home. As in most lower economic places there is a lot of alcoholism, drugs and abuse. This lifestyle is passed down from generation to generation. This seems like a problem without a cure, but this year I have seen the power of education and the love of Christ. Unhealthy lifestyles and cycles are being broken. People are being set free!

                                     


Next year I have the exciting opportunity to expand my job as the literacy coach to kinder, first and second grade. This means I will be piloting a program at Doulos Discovery to help students who are really behind. As I am looking forward, I have a few needs for my classroom and hope that some of you can help me out. I really need an ipad to do the type of assessment that I feel will be most beneficial. It can be old and used, it doesn't matter. Also I would like to get four other tablets to use in my classroom as instruction pieces. These can be old and used tablets of any kind. It doesn't matter if they are a kindle, ipad, surface or any other tablet. If you would be willing to donate an old tablet you are no longer using or sell one to me at a discounted price, please let me know.

                                               

Thank you again for all your support, thoughts, kind words and prayers.

Community

John 13:34-35

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

On Friday we received two separate emails. One was asking people to please go down to Santiago, which is about thirty minutes away, to donate blood. A co-worker of Dave's had been in an accident on Tuesday and was in need of blood transfusions. The second email was asking for prayer as one of my co-workers was about to have a C-section. Her husband wasn't allowed to go with her and they were both pretty anxious. In the email the husband asked "If  we, their community, can rally our prayers? "

The longer we live in Jarabacoa, the more often I see the body of Christ displayed. We often lack the same advanced medicine that is available in other countries.  We as a body have gotten into the habit of lifting each other up in prayer and with action. On Friday there was van full after van full of people from all over Jarabacoa who went down to donate. Some of the people didn't even know the injured person, yet they still went to donate. That is the body of Christ in action. We are called to love and support each other. 

My question to you is what have you done lately for a fellow brother or sister in Christ?

HUGE BLESSING

Two of my students accepted Jesus as their personal savior this month! God is moving and changing lives in our community. One of those students was baptized on Easter Sunday. How amazing is our God?