God is so good and he is evidently at work! I have been so blessed to have spent ten days in the Dominican Republic recently. A team of 37 students and 4 leaders from my youth group partnered with TIME Ministry down in the Dominican to make this trip possible! The days flew by and I can't believe I'm home already! Each of the days spent in the Dominican were jam packed and full of activities! I wanted to put together this blogpost to highlight some of what we did!
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| For the majority of our trip we stayed with TIME Ministry in the city of Santo Domingo. Although, the city as a whole is full of poverty, I still thought everything was so beautiful! From rooftop views like this, to getting to explore cave, to checking out downtown Santo Domingo- beauty was everywhere! |
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| One of our main objectives for the week was to build a chapel for a church in the town of Monte Plata. We spent four hours each day on Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Friday was the day we got to put it all together. Thankfully we were blessed with a cloudy day on Friday! It was so cool getting to work with other team members and TIME interns while learning to do simple construction. I was very outside of my comfort zone throughout this project, but still had fun doing it! One of my favorite things that happened throughout the week was learning that the pastor of this church had been praying for a chapel for two years. Before the chapel had been built the church was renting a space in town which limited the space they had to work with. This pastor had big dreams for how his church will grow in the next few years. It was so amazing to see God at work in this situation and how we were an answer to his prayers! |
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| Our other main objective of the week was to put together and run a VBS for the kiddos of Monte Plata. It was so encouraging to witness the joy these kids had. Although the language barrier stunk, it was so much fun getting to find ways to connect with the kids! I was in charge of crafts for the week. Although it was hot, sweaty, and a little stressful trying to piece together crafts for close to 80 kids, it was so worth it to see their big smiles and joy when they got to take home a new project! I walked away so encouraged by these kids and their joy and love for Jesus. |
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We spent our last full day in the Dominican at a gorgeous beach! The stunning bright blue water took my breath away! It was an amazing way to end an amazing trip!
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Thanks so much for stopping by!
-Sarah Zobel
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