We woke up this morning and made a quick move over to our Mission House called the "Betesada Casa" in Barahona. We had breakfast there and afterward had a brief orientation before heading to our church service.
We had a short bus ride over to the church in Algodon. When we walked in the service has already started, but people were immediately interested in us. The worship service had a couple different types of drums and one person playing the keyboard. They had no official worship leader or vocalist. Each singer came up individualy and took turns. Everyone else in the congregation sang with her and danced in the aisles. After the worship the pastor came up. His name is Pastor Jack. One of our COTN translaters translated the whole service for us. Pastor Jack dedicated a great deal of the service time by intoducing The Gathering to the people of Algodon. They first introduced our group leaders. So, Holly Cunningham went and then Noma. Later they gave Deron the podeum ... Even away from the Gathering he was given the opportunity to share the love of Jesus! The people of Alogodon seemed to really enjoy his "Deronisms." After the church service everybody wanted to say "Hola!" and give us a hug, and I do mean everyone. They are a very friendly group of people, and we loved taking some pictures with them and getting to introduce ourselves before our projects begin on Monday.
We got back on the bus, and it took us back to our misson house for lunch. From there they took us to a couple of different beaches. However, not without some issues :) Our bus broke down just a few hundred yards from our drop off point at the beach. So, being the adventurous group that we are, we decided walking to the beach was alot better than staying in the humid bus. Our COTN leaders we concerned about us walking on the side of the roads because they're are some CRAZY drivers here in the Dominican! However, we convinced them otherwise. After a few scrapes and bruises, a walk through a rapid river, sharp rocks under our feet and some steep stairs we made it to the beach! Many of us froliced in the warm water. Others of us were run over by massive waves, and most of us left our marks in the Carribean water (if you know what we mean.)
After our beach excursion, we made our bus ride back to the Mission house for some dinner and reflection time. We are now currently enjoying some music brought to us by Rodney via a borrowed guitar.
We do have one prayer need. Alexis came down with some food posining. She is doing a little bit better, but she is having a hard time keeping fluids down. All prayer her way would be greatly appreciated!
We had a short bus ride over to the church in Algodon. When we walked in the service has already started, but people were immediately interested in us. The worship service had a couple different types of drums and one person playing the keyboard. They had no official worship leader or vocalist. Each singer came up individualy and took turns. Everyone else in the congregation sang with her and danced in the aisles. After the worship the pastor came up. His name is Pastor Jack. One of our COTN translaters translated the whole service for us. Pastor Jack dedicated a great deal of the service time by intoducing The Gathering to the people of Algodon. They first introduced our group leaders. So, Holly Cunningham went and then Noma. Later they gave Deron the podeum ... Even away from the Gathering he was given the opportunity to share the love of Jesus! The people of Alogodon seemed to really enjoy his "Deronisms." After the church service everybody wanted to say "Hola!" and give us a hug, and I do mean everyone. They are a very friendly group of people, and we loved taking some pictures with them and getting to introduce ourselves before our projects begin on Monday.
We got back on the bus, and it took us back to our misson house for lunch. From there they took us to a couple of different beaches. However, not without some issues :) Our bus broke down just a few hundred yards from our drop off point at the beach. So, being the adventurous group that we are, we decided walking to the beach was alot better than staying in the humid bus. Our COTN leaders we concerned about us walking on the side of the roads because they're are some CRAZY drivers here in the Dominican! However, we convinced them otherwise. After a few scrapes and bruises, a walk through a rapid river, sharp rocks under our feet and some steep stairs we made it to the beach! Many of us froliced in the warm water. Others of us were run over by massive waves, and most of us left our marks in the Carribean water (if you know what we mean.)
After our beach excursion, we made our bus ride back to the Mission house for some dinner and reflection time. We are now currently enjoying some music brought to us by Rodney via a borrowed guitar.
We do have one prayer need. Alexis came down with some food posining. She is doing a little bit better, but she is having a hard time keeping fluids down. All prayer her way would be greatly appreciated!
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