Update from "Team Son"

The theme of this trip so far has been loudness. The minute we stepped off the airplane, people were talking and car horns were beeping. Loud music is usually blaring, sounds of construction can always be heard, and we got to hear people celebrate Dominican Republic winning the world baseball classic.

It was disappointing because half of our group got to the Dominican Republic first, while two of our members got here Saturday afternoon and Sara M, got here late Monday night/early Tuesday morning. But now, our entire group is here!

It has been a crazy trip so far! The first day we got here, after we tried catching up on sleep, went to the local beach to play volleyball and meet people. We had the opportunity to play volleyball with Dominican people and had opportunities to talk with people about Jesus. Then next day, on Sunday, we went to church with Evelyn and her daughter, Yonairy. It was really awesome because they sang parts of worship songs in English because they knew we were visiting. After church, we toured the University of Santo Domingo campus and then went to the beach to play more volleyball.

Since Monday, we have been going to the UASD campus everyday to tell people about Jesus and to teach English classes and we have had some really sweet conversations. Jon and Renee, who both speak broken Spanish, shared with a girl named Chanel, who only spoke Spanish! She read through the entire gospel tract out loud in Spanish. She answered the all the questions in the tract and was surprised by the answers. She was seemed genuinely interested in what the tract was saying and seems like she wants to know more. Renee and Sara Madison are going to meet up with her again. Kassie got to meet up with a girl named Diana, whom she met last year. She is a Christian and it was exciting to see her again to see how she has grown. These are only two of many stories that could be told so far!

Our English classes are going well and people have been coming! People have also been coming to Bible study, which is also exciting. God has been working here, so please keep praying.

Prayer requests:

• Pray for Chanel and that she comes to know Christ
• Pray for our conversations and that they would be would go well. 
• Pray that our group would be united.
• Pray for the students we already talked to and that we could see and talk to them again.