Hello from the YWAM- Base in the Dominican Republic!
As our first blog-post we are pleased to report that after almost 12 hours of traveling we have arrived at our first stop: Youth With A Mission, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Here we were met by a super-friendly and hospitable American girl and after some basic conversing we find that she is from Canby, Oregon!
What a small world we live in... Everything went fairly smooth, maybe with exception of two of our bags that exploded with soap, (Note to self; Always secure anything liquid in a zip-lock bag!) and 4 of our 13 bags missing somewhere in the in-between world of airports. But these things are minor details and we are so grateful for God's hand of protection on us on this first part of our journey that eventually will end at the YWAM- Base in St Marc, Haiti.
Any of you that are familiar with YWAM might also know that as a YWAMER one has to learn to be flexible. This has also proven itself true today. As of now, because of our luggage missing (and the airport having no clue when it will arrive), Andrew and I (Ruthie) will stay here in the D.R. for a couple of days, while the rest of our team travels onwards in 1 hour (that is, 4am) on a 10- hours bus ride to St Marc. Please pray for safety and that our luggage will get here as soon as possible.
Thank you!
Love,
YWAM Salem Haiti Staff Team:
From left to right (in matching red t-shirts) : Brad, Andrew, Ruthie, Jesse, Tim and Wayne
Hey team,
ReplyDeleteWe are standing with you! We are praying that you will be of immediate help and gain insight on how to provide some long term help as well.
Probably a longshot(but Brad's good at them - at least when huntingiIf you head into PAP and run across an American team of Firefighters for Christ, working in the Delmas region with Lighthouse ministries greet Joe Lindaman and his daughter Kathleen who are great friends of ours! YWAM DR arranged their trip in.
We're praying for you guys! Hopefully we will meet in Haiti. We will arrive in the DR on Monday, so Ruthie and Andrew, maybe we will see you in the DR. (Were comming in with MercyWorks-YWAM Tyler).
ReplyDeleteJP & Elizabeth
The "other" Salemites
I'm so glad you made it safe. Somewhere in my brain I was like I should put the soap in a zip-lock but we were so rushed that I didn't :(
ReplyDeleteSay hi to my hubby when you meet back up with him. I'm praying for you all.
-Kendra