The last few days since I updated my blog on Saturday have flown by!

Sunday’s are my day off, and I had it mostly to myself due to the youth group going into Cap for most of the day to a church and another orphanage. I slept in for quite a while, and then listened to a sermon on my Ipod. Then did some Bible reading, and read some of “Don’t Waste Your Life” by John Piper. I would highly recommend reading it! The rest of the day was pretty relaxing as well, hung out with the youth group, and as usual joined them for dinner and Bible study.

Monday morning I went on a 2 mile run with some people here and then at about 7 or 7:30 left to the Dominican Republic with Nick. What an experience that was! Almost as soon as you cross the border, you can see a difference in the quality of life. There isn’t near as much poverty, and the city is much cleaner. We needed to stop at a hardware store to pick up some propane burners for a stove, as well as go to a grocery store to get stuff that you either cannot buy in Haiti, or is simply much cheaper in the DR. We also stopped for lunch at a restaurant and bought chicken fajitas. SOOOOO delicious!

We also gave a man that works for a company called Haiti Serve a ride from Cap to the DR border. On the way we talked a bit about how COTP was doing, and I asked him a bit about what Haiti Serve’s mission/goals are. Basically, they want to help Haiti by working alongside them to help them build their own economic structure and get going as a country, instead of just giving them money and supplies and then leaving. You can check out their website at: www.haitiserve.org

When we got back from the DR I helped out with some basic stuff around the compound, and ended the day with a delicious meal of barbecued goat, freshly cut up and baked fries, and a delicious vegetable dish thing.

Tuesday morning the youth group left, and it suddenly seemed very quiet and empty around here, which I really didn’t like. Nick left early that morning to do some stuff in Cap, so I helped out Wilson and his brother, Emilio, in the back welding windows into place and doing some other small things in the house.

Today Nick and I focused heavily on electrical work for the first part of the day. We pretty much finished wiring the pantry, and have the plan for one of the bathrooms ready.  In the afternoon we built the forms and laid out and tied rebar for the bathroom counters, which we are going to pour tomorrow morning.

Not really anything new for prayer requests, just that I will continue to pursue God with all I have and grow deeper in my relationship with Him, and that He will pour out through me!

In Christ, 

David

So excited to paint!

...maybe not.

finished product

Mural later painted on by the youth group.

aww yeah! Recruiting for Calvin already!

and again!

Definitely looking good with that hat on! 

one of the pictures from the resort I went to on Saturday

the delicious lunch in the Dominican Republic!

Along with a frozen lemonade!

barbecued goat on the right, vegetable dish thingy in the middle, fries on the left.