**hosted a team from our home church, Eastview Christian Church, Bloomington, Illinois and a team from Louisville, Kentucky
**helped with the second annual women's conference here, hosting 150 women for a weekend event at a campsite
**helped with a weekend girls' basketball camp where 50 young Dominican girls participated (our girls were also blessed to be a part of the camp)
**begun forming relationships with the Dominicans, especially pastors and their wives and the other missionary staff here to act as a support and encouragement to them in their respective ministries
Dave and Pastor Romano who ministers to Haitians living in the DR
Pastor William Decena and wife Alejandra with one of their daughters--Pastor ministers to a community of sugarcane field workers in Batey 9, DR
Our biggest blessings have been...
**meeting new people, sharing our hopes, dreams and challenges
**receiving much acceptance and love from the Domincans we are working and living among
**enjoying getting to know the other staff members here on the field and seeing how the Lord is working in their ministries and some obvious "fruit" of their labors
**worship Domincan style is awesome!!
**working with the teams (especially our home church!) and seeing how God touches their hearts and watching them communicate cross-culturally is very impacting!!
**Rachael and Beka both got all high "A's" on their school progress reports!!
Our biggest challenges so far...
**realizing how much we have to learn of the language and the culture!!! and how the Lord would have us live and do ministry here
**Our health--Cherry and the girls have all been sick though all are healthy right now!!
**carving out time to be alone with the Lord amidst all the "new" and the "needs" in our new setting here
How you can continue to support us...
**please watch the new videos of the Eastview team here and the women's conference and review our new updates and prayer requests on the right side of this page. As always, we greatly appreciate all your prayers, words of encouragement and financial support for our ministry here
We love you and pray for you often
By God's grace and for His glory,
Dave, Cherry, Rachael and Beka