Following Him...In the Dominican Republic: May 2008

We are so grateful for the month of April that God gave us...starting with a trip to the states for Cherry to visit her older children, Shane and Blythe. It was such a blessing to be able to spend a week with them and see their life as students at the University of Maryland.

As you pray for us here, please pray for our children there--for wisdom to live each day to its fullest, making a difference for good wherever we are!!

Another highlight of our month was the visit from a group of men from our home church, Eastview Christian Church. They were a wonderful group of men who were a great blessing to the ministry here. They came bearing many donations to the ministry including a big supply of resources for our Christian school here in Hoya del Caimito...

The school director and school librarian were thrilled with the beautiful new dictionaries, chapter books and more...

And team member, Marty Trunk got to meet one of the GO kids that his family sponsors---a great benefit of our GO Kids sponsor program is that when you come on a short term mission trip you have the opportunity to meet the child you are sponsoring!!

The main purpose of the Eastview group was to bring the Wild at Heart Men's weekend to the island of Hispanola and they did this in grand fashion!! More than 130 Domincan and Haitian men attended the weekend and we are praying that the seeds planted with bear much fruit for change here on the island. We encourage you to go to their blogspot to view pictures of the weekend and their entire trip here at www.eastviewdr.blogspot.com

We continue to enjoy our discipleship relationships here--meeting and encouraging pastors and their wives as well as our GO staff here on the field. A beautiful example of this work is our relationship with pastor Wilby and his fiancee, GO missionary Lisa. We meet with them weekly to discuss the book we are all reading, Love and Respect, as a way to help prepare them for their marriage in August. Also Wilby is one of our Haitian pastors here who is starting a church plant to reach out to the Haitian community here in Hoya del Caimito. We thank God for this precious couple and ask that you keep their marriage and their ministry in your prayers.

Take a look under our ministry video section at our new family video!!

As always, we are deeply grateful for your faithful prayers, words of encouragement and financial support.

Dios les bendiga,

The Dave Schwulst family

PRAYER REQUESTS...

For our re-entry into life in the United States. May we be gentle and patient with ourselves and others.

For our family--- Pray for us all as we adjust to our new lifestyles and God's ongoing plans for us.

For Rachael and Beka as they get ready to go back to Taylor University later this month.

For more connections with our older two children, Shane and Blythe, as we are all stateside now!!

For Dave---as he adjusts to his new work, that he allow God to lead him day by day.

For Cherry's mother---She will be living with us here in Bloomington this fall. May we care for her well and be a blessing to each other.

For all the seeds that were planted in the DR and in our hearts--may they grow and become strong in God's Kingdom.

THOMAS MERTON PRAYER

MY LORD GOD, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.

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