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Andrew Meyer Friday, March 30, 2012 0 Comments

Today we worshiped in both Spanish and English so that Alex and the rest of the Hostal personnel could join us. It was amazing! Israel has been leading us all week and it has been wonderful. Since Hershel has been gone, we have just been sharing our experiences and conversations that we've had

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Andrew Meyer Friday, March 30, 2012 0 Comments

God is revealing himself in the DR in ways I never could have anticipated. I've honestly been avoiding this blog and have been volunteering every other member in the group to write it each day for fear of diluting the mighty things He's done. Sharing the gospel in the DR is a wonderfully

Team DSM2DR

Andrew Meyer Friday, March 30, 2012 0 Comments

Wow, what a crazy week! It is hard to believe that it is already Thursday night. The week has flown by. The Lord has provided in unimaginable ways. I truly believe that any words I type will not do justice to the work that the Lord has been doing in the DR. It

El Groupo de Tortugas Rapidas

Andrew Meyer Friday, March 30, 2012 0 Comments

Erica, Jon, Jassey, Alison, Alexandra, Japheth Praise God!! Yesterday, God was good to completely interrupt our plans to have His will be done. In a strange turn of events, our English classes were cancelled yesterday due to some minor protest at the university. With that door shut, God faithfully opened an opportunity for

DSM2DR

Andrew Meyer Thursday, March 29, 2012 0 Comments

Hola de DSM2DR! The last couple of days have flown by. Tuesday began with yet another delicious breakfast spread, followed by some encouragement and exhortation from Herschel. Herschel spoke of Hebrews 12:1-2, entreating that we fix our eyes upon Jesus, the author and perfecter (finisher) of our faith. In the afternoon, we shared

Equipo de la Semilla de Apio: Day 4

Andrew Meyer Thursday, March 29, 2012 0 Comments

The Lord proved once again today that He is in control and that His plan is always better than ours. Carol was not feeling well and so we encouraged her to rest for part of the day. As we were ready to head to campus to share the Gospel and try to meet

Update

Andrew Meyer Thursday, March 29, 2012 0 Comments

It was an encouraging morning in the D.R. After starting the morning with some songs, we shared stories from so far this week. It was so awesome to hear what the Lord has been doing in the Dominican Republic this week through this trip.There was a small team, including Andy, that spent the

El Groupo de Tortugas Rapidas

Andrew Meyer Wednesday, March 28, 2012 0 Comments

Alexandra, Erica, Jassey, Alison, Japheth, Jon Praises: For Guibia, the happening hot spot where the cool kids like to get their sand volley-ball on. It has become a worthwhile place to invite people to, meet new faces and pass out tracts. God’s grace is abounding in our English class as we battle through

Update

Andrew Meyer Wednesday, March 28, 2012 0 Comments

Hola!The gangstas from the Heavenly realm (Israel, Kayla, Stephanie, Ryne, Ashlie) are having an amazing mission trip. Today we went to campus and Shared like crazy! The people here are so nice. The Dominicans are willing to work with us even though our Spanish is broken! Yesterday I (Ashlie) talked to a girl

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Andrew Meyer Wednesday, March 28, 2012 0 Comments

Team Andy, Ed, Muje, Carla, Kate and Sara This morning after worship and Herschel's message we went to campus to go sharing and meet up with people we had met yesterday. It was encouraging because everyone we made plans with showed up!! We had left "homework" with one of them and she actually

Equipo de Semilla de Apio: Day 3

Andrew Meyer Wednesday, March 28, 2012 0 Comments

Wendy's restaurant became a hub of communication for our team at the outset of our day. We met there for lunch with Tommy, a student from our English class, who had prayed to accept Christ last week. Ryan, Emily, and Hannah studied the bible with him. We also followed up with contacts from

Team Heavenly Realm Gangstaz: Day 2

Andrew Meyer Tuesday, March 27, 2012 0 Comments

We are loving being in the Dominican Republic! After one of the craziest travel days of all the mission trips I've been on and a relaxing first day here--complete with a Spanish church service, basketball and a good nights sleep--Team Heavenly Realm Gangstaz hit the ground running Day 2. We started off our

Groupo DSM2DR

Andrew Meyer Tuesday, March 27, 2012 0 Comments

A tremendous hola from Groupo DSM2DR from Santo Domingo (Greg A., Caleb T., Shaly M., Tara B. and Becky H.)! We rose up at the break of dawn to spend time with the Lord, before consuming a scrumptious breakfast put on by the gracious staff of the Bella Epoca (the hostel we’re currently

First Day

Andrew Meyer Tuesday, March 27, 2012 0 Comments

Andy, Ed, Kate, Carla, Sara, MujeToday marked the first of five days of sharing the gospel on campus. The day started great. Breakfast was extensive as usual and afterwards, Herschel Martindale spoke as I've never heard anyone speak before. Only the Spirit of God can touch a mans heart in the way the

Equipo de Semilla de Apio: Day 2

Andrew Meyer Tuesday, March 27, 2012 0 Comments

Beautiful weather and abundant opportunities for building relationships were hallmarks of our first day of English classes. We kicked off the morning with an encouraging word from Herschel Martindale after our morning worship. His passion and care for people is inspiring and infectious.After some prep, we braved the chaotic roads and walked to campus. The road

Groupo de Tortugas Rapidas

Andrew Meyer Monday, March 26, 2012 0 Comments

Groupo de Tortugas Rapidas: (Lex, Erica, Jassey, Alison, Japheth, Jon) We Praise God… For the incredible hospitality and generosity of Jassey’s family Friday night; housing us, feeding us, and being our own personal tour guides around downtown Chicago. What a blessing just to be in their presence. For working miracles, making dreams come

Team Equipo de Semillo de Apio: Day 1

Andrew Meyer Monday, March 26, 2012 0 Comments

Team Equipo de semillo de apio (Ryan, Hannah, Alicia, Emily, Carol, and Paul) Day 1 in the Dominican God has already answered prayers. After flight delays in Chicago, and a few close calls, all of group 2 made it to Santo Domingo nearly on schedule. The gospel went out during flights and during

Round 2 Travel Report

Andrew Meyer Monday, March 26, 2012 0 Comments

The Travel Report : We were able to witness the faithfulness of the Lord first hand. I feel like we have talked about God’s faithfulness more in the last 2 weeks while prepping for this trip, but when the Lord comes through and reminds you in real life situations you can do nothing

Hola from Santo Domingo

Andrew Meyer Monday, March 26, 2012 1 Comments

Hola from Santo Domingo!Team TBD (aka Heavenly Realm Gangstaz): Israel Lopez, Ryne Oller, Ashley Baldwin, Stephanie Albright, Kayla WatersDay 1 was a success. I, along with Israel and two others, we're on the last flight and arrived around 3am. We had better luck with flights and baggage than the other groups as everything

The Work Continues

Andrew Meyer Sunday, March 25, 2012 0 Comments

The work continues!This last week has passed by so quickly, but it was SO good to see everything that has been done to build up the body of Christ in Santo Domingo!Shaly, Leslie, Megan, and I had a great day to simmer a little bit before the next group comes in. God has

Team Fortune Cookie

Andrew Meyer Saturday, March 24, 2012 0 Comments

Josh, Kaden, Mike, Kari, Kassie, Andrea March 21st, 2012 (Sorry for the delay. We had no internet at our apartment the last few days) Hola Amigos! Our day was another eventful one! We knew we were going to have a good day when Evelyn decided to make pancakes and bacon for us for

Team Equipo Update

Andrew Meyer Friday, March 23, 2012 0 Comments

Wow. Thank you for your prayers. God is WORKING in this country! Almost everyone we have talked to believes in God, believes in Jesus, believes in the Bible, but thinks that their way to heaven is through good works. When they hear that it is only through Jesus and not through themselves, they

Team USA Update

Andrew Meyer Friday, March 23, 2012 0 Comments

We were able to talk to the English class today where Abe, Ellie, Nicole, Scott and Matt each talked with a group of about 3-4 students. The professor had us help them with their homework then we were able to walk through Gospel tracks with them. Ellie thinks one student got saved! It

Team Equipo Gozo: Thankful

Andrew Meyer Friday, March 23, 2012 0 Comments

Hola! Team Equipo Gozo is so thankful! We have had an awesome couple of days seeing God work in the Dominican Republic! God has been super faithful in providing multiple opportunities to not only share the gospel, but also to encourage & build up the believers here in the Dominican Republic. On Wednesday,

Team USA Update

Andrew Meyer Thursday, March 22, 2012 0 Comments

Today looked a lot like yesterday in that we spent the majority of the day on campus talking with students and then played volleyball in the evening. Matt was blessed to have people help him with translating and had some really great gospel-oriented conversations with people that were really soft towards the gospel

Team USA Update

Andrew Meyer Wednesday, March 21, 2012 0 Comments

Things carried on smoothly even without the booth. We hung around the same place we were yesterday and had many familiar faces stop by again, which was so encouraging! Nicole met a Christian yesterday that helped translate for a while, Ellie was able to talk to an English Professor in hopes of talking

Tuesday - Team No Show

Andrew Meyer Wednesday, March 21, 2012 1 Comments

This morning we had breakfast at the apartments and headed to the hostel to worship with the entire group. We headed to the campus around 11:30 a.m. Randy, Isaac, and Michelle went out sharing with students sitting around campus. They met two girls who were interested in hearing about Jesus. While sharing with

Team Fortune Cookie

Andrew Meyer Wednesday, March 21, 2012 0 Comments

Team Fortune Cookie- Josh, Kaden, Mike, Kari, Kassie, Andrea Today we were again at the University campus. On the way from the hostel to the University, we grabbed some food at the Market to eat for lunch. We ate lunch just outside the Library at the University. Our friends, Estervan and Tommy met

El groupo Lechuga Tortuga

Andrew Meyer Wednesday, March 21, 2012 0 Comments

We are so incredibly thankful for all that God has done the last couple of days!! We got up the last couple of mornings and got to spend a lot of time with the Lord and worship together as a large group. On campus we have continued to meet up with people we

Team Gozo

Andrew Meyer Tuesday, March 20, 2012 0 Comments

Thank you so much for the prayers; Bible Study went very well on Monday. God brought about 15 Dominicans to hear about Jesus. Some were encouraged in their faith while others were challenged to think about who they thought Jesus was.Another highlight was Manuela professing faith in Jesus and feeling a burden lifted

Team USA Update

Andrew Meyer Tuesday, March 20, 2012 0 Comments

Yesterday our team was in charge of the booth raffling away an iPod. We were able to collect soooo much contact information and had the opportunity to share the gospel with many people. There were an average of 4-5 people at the booth all day, so things were pretty hectic but so amazing.

Subate el Tren: Monday

Andrew Meyer Monday, March 19, 2012 1 Comments

Keely, Charlie, Kodee, Jason, Jon, Michaeline Hola! Today was a very exciting day (especially since it didn’t rain!). It was our first full day on the campus and our first day of English classes. We arrived on campus around 11am and then split into smaller groups to talk to the students. Kodee, who