Today we visited Cuesta Arena. We toured the school, dug some holes, killed some spiders, played with the kids, saw a dying parrot, and played some baseball! Then we eventually made our way back down towards Los Cocos again. Once we arrived all the kids flocked around us to greet …
today was our first day in the dominican republic on our mission trip and it was very new to me. we traveled through the main city which was very unique in its own way, and it also made me want to climb on everything. we then reached the small settlement …
Tonight the group from St Paul UMC in Jacksonville, Florida arrived. As I sat and talked with them about the previous weeks, …
This past Tuesday as the Burke UMC team was getting ready to leave, we headed to La Sirena for one last stop …
This past week I had the chance to sit down with the teachers of the various different communities and talk details about …
Hasta Luego Cuesta Arena Today was a mix of doing one of my favorite things and one of the things I hate …
Flashback to 2005… Ethan and I were blessed by the birth of our first daughter, Anna Ruth. That day will forever be …
Yesterday, the youngest member of our team, Anna, did a devotion about the Tower of Babel. In her children’s version, God said …
A mission trip consists of different components, each important in fulfilling God’s work. The manual labor, which today included mixing concrete, hauling …
I am 48 hours into my first international mission trip and I have been tasked with writing the first blog entry from …
