Pumpkinvine Baptist Church - Friday

Hola…from the Dominican Republic. Well we had some interesting travel yesterday. The flight out of Atlanta was wonderful and on time. Thanks to all the parents for seeing us off yesterday morning. As we were nearing Miami, a thunderstorm diverted us a little further south, where we flew over the Florida Keys, before returning to [...]
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Mt. Zion Baptist Church - Thursday
Today was our final day of mission work and I think I (Emily) speak for all of us when I say we are both sad and happy to be going home tomorrow! Sad because of all the wonderful people we are leaving behind and because we have seen so much work that we would still love [...]
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Battleground Bible Church - Thursday

Hope this finds everyone doing well.
This morning we traveled to La Romana (about an hour and half from the complex) and visited the girls in the orphanage. Not only were girls there, this time there were boys visiting too. It was wonderful to get to interact with both of the groups of boy and [...]
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Central Baptist Church, Va - Thursday

We had an awesome day on Catalina Island today! We had sunny skies, a white sand beach, and clear blue water to enjoy. We enjoyed snorkeling, some more souvenir shopping, a buffet lunch, and taking some plunges off the double-decker boat and a rock cliff. It was a well deserved reward for a team that [...]
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Pittsburg Nazarene - July 1

Hola Family and Friends,
Yesterday we left the Score Villa at 7:15 and traveled to a public school and held a VBS with Kindergarten students. What an experience to be able to share the love of Jesus Christ in a PUBLIC school! Our group taught a song to the children and then Pastor Kyle shared the [...]
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Battleground Bible Church - Wednesday

Wow, it was a very busy day today!
We started out in the Capital of Santo Domingo at the “Straw Market”. So, we all got our bargaining skills achieved, and got a lot of souvenirs. Afterwards we went to a street called “El Conde” and ate lunch. We then split off into groups to hand out [...]
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Mt. Zion Baptist Church - Tuesday & Wednesday
Well, we have had quite an eventful couple of days. Sorry we didn’t get an update posted yesterday! Tuesday morning we had a schedule change and went into the capital - Santo Domingo - and shopped and toured and ate. Some of us even ate KFC! The capital is lovely and very historic. The DR was the first [...]
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Central Baptist Church, Va - Wednesday

Unfortunately, today was our last scheduled ministry day, but we made the best of it. After a bit of a drive we spent the morning ministering at Jackie’s House, an orphanage with about 30 children. These children are all the children of prostitutes or children found in the city dump where they were brought by [...]
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Pittsburg Nazarene - June 29

Hola! Family and Friends at Home in Kansas,
Greetings from our team in Costa Rica. WOW! What an AWESOME place to share with others. We arrived Sunday with ease after an hour delay in Dallas. Our drivers met us with smiles. We settled in, had supper.debriefed, relaxed and made it to our rooms by midnight. Monday [...]
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Central Baptist Church, Va - Tuesday

We began today by traveling to the capital city of Santo Domingo for some sightseeing and souvenir shopping. We were able to spend about an hour in the “Straw Market” bartering for some killer deals on our treasures. While sightseeing in the capital we also passed out as many tracts as we could. Throughout the [...]
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