A Beautiful Last Day in the DR

Today was another great day in the DR! We toured a hospital and found out that nurses make $7800/year. We invited the community to join us for a pool party. We also did another impromptu medical clinic. We saw families from the community- most of them had scabies. We were able to treat all of them because God had been so generous to us and we sent money ahead to buy the medicine. Praise the Lord!

This evening we were treated to an amazing BBQ banquet- YUM! After dinner we gathered as a group and answered 3 questions: 1. What did you learn about yourself this week? 2. What did you learn about the people of the DR? 3. What did you learn about God? WOW! What an amazing night of sharing- lots of laughter and lots of tears. What a blessing this has been to each one of us and we have all been changed by this experience!

One of the students wrote the following and I believe it speaks for the whole group.

Lord, give us sight
and open ears.
Please show our hearts
Just why we're here.

We're here to give.
We're here to grow.
How we will change.
We still don't know.

Bless our action,
Use our voice,
Guide our footsteps,
Lead each choice.

The things we do,
don't seem like much.
Yet we are blessed,
To see hearts touched.

It's worth the heat,
the work, the sweat;
the bumpy roads,
slow interent.

It's worth it all,
And this is why:
We've learned a lot
It's opened eyes.

We can't do much,
For pains and aches,
But just a smile
is all it takes.

Their pain returns,
The meds go fast.
But kindness sticks
And that will last.

By Sara