Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Southeast Christian Church

This week we had Southeast Christian Church and their Senior Pastor Dave Stone with us. Southeast has been a HUGE supporter of G.O. for the last 8 years and have had several trips come down as well. They also support several of our American Staff and support several of our Dominican Staff as well. It was good to have them back down in the DR.

This group worked extra hard and were able to almost finish the whole church floor at Hato del Yaque. Pouring a floor here is not as "easy" as it is in the states. We don't have a mixing truck so all the concrete is either mixed by hand or mixed in a small machine. That is a lot of sand, stone and concrete AND a lot of manual labor.

They also worked on the church in the Hoyo de Bartola (the Hole). This was especially exciting for me because I have never been around for construction in the Hole. Because of where the church is located, trucks can't reach it to drop of the sand, stone and concrete. Therefore, all of the materials have to be carried down a long flight of stairs and then down a sidewalk to get to the church. Not an easy job. Needless to say, they did an amazing job. The church in the Hole and Hato del Yaque are really coming together and I see first hand what God is doing and how the short-term teams over the past several years have made these projects happen.

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