DR Day 3

After much study of the current construction state, we all came together as one and decided that even thought we had not planned this, we came up with an alternative plan to buy construction materials and continue to push forward. We found ourselves at the local “ferreteria”, buying these materials, which God provided us with the money for these supplies. Later that morning, we visited the Alfalit pre-school program and future members of the new school. There were 120 students in total, and we all split up in pairs (one Spanish and one English speaker) and we shared the love of God with them through conversation, candy, and gifts.

In the afternoon, as we got together as a team and sorted through the clothing donations we had brought, we realized that God had provided us with more than we had ever realized. From the 12 pieces of luggage that we brought with us, we ended up with over 60 donation bags of attire. Milagros had arranged for families in an extremely impoverished neighborhood to wait for us in order to receive our donations. We could have had thousands of bags and we would have never met the need. The group was very impacted by the immense desperation in the faces of the children and parents. Many of us have never experienced this. God has moved in the short time that we have been here, mightily. We have seen the true meaning of the verse “God shall supply all of our needs according to His riches in Christ Jesus”. We are small, but our God is great.