Day 3 of work was extremely hot…but it went well once again. I am so proud of this team. They are dripping in sweat all day long and they just keep going. I have not heard one complaint from any of them. What I have heard is a lot of encouragement and even moments of laughter as we joke together in an attempt to make the work more bearable.
It was good today to meet the regional director of Kids Alive. He oversees 4 countries including the D.R. and Haiti. He was very impressed to see the work that had been done. It was encouraging to hear one of the local missionaries tell him, “We need to get more Youth for Christ teams down here…they do an incredible job.” Praise be to God for the team that He has assembled to do this work. They are a humble group of guys…still it was good to see that we have been a good reflection of Him in our time here.

The work is coming along well. We have been digging a LOT and each has the blisters to prove it. (We all acknowledge that it is a small price to pay compared to the price that Christ paid for us.) We added a lot to the main structure today and prepared some footing holes for more concrete to be poured tomorrow. Tomorrow we plan to add another platform, some stairs to the main structure and cement in the geodome as well as the monkey bars.
Another interesting experience today was when four of us chose to walk the road home. It is probably about 5 miles and it takes about an hour. The reason we wanted to do this was to see what the Dominicans and Haitians go through every day. They can choose to get a ride on a motorbike taxi for 50 pesos (about $1.50) or they can walk that long, hot, dirty road to and from town daily. We were spent at the end of the work day (like they are at the end of theirs) so to see such little money be worth more than this long walk was a neat lesson for Paul, Ryan, Sam and me.
On the spiritual side, we continue to grow together. God is working in many hearts on our team. The sharing time at night is very open, honest and real…which creates good conditions for God’s work to be done. Thank you for your continued prayers!
- Scott

View Video of building the playground

click to view guys dancing with Dominican children


Today we finished the play ground and played with the kids. It was pretty exciting. The kids here seem so joyful and they love to talk to us. It was a very hot day out today but we got through it. A few of us got blisters form digging and lifting heavy playground equipment. This week has been a wonderful experience for me because all of the good guys I got to serve with this week. We all wake up in the morning and do our daily devotions and I have never really done this with any other group. I found myself praying every morning before I put on my clothes for the day and right before I do my daily devotion. God is slowly transforming my life through this trip and Im loving every minute of it. I may have had my ups and downs but I got these cool guys with me to help me through the way.

-Quentin