Mission Possible Teams: June 15 Friday

On the tenth day of our trip, we keep experiencing more new things that God has in store for us. Yesterday, we were able to hang out with Pastor Moise and his wife, Ruth, while everyone else was traveling and then sitting stationary in a bus due to riots. We got to experience just what we have been digging for the past ten days. Moise and Ruth took us to a service at the Creole church. It was absolutely amazing. It was a totoally differnt type of worship than we´ve ever have seen before. Its even different from the Spanish church too. It takes place in a little shack in the batey, where only 20 people are supposed to fit but some how 60 to 100 do. They shout out their prayers and sing with such passion its amazing. It was really cool that through all of the jumbled mess of everyone praying at the same time, God can understand and answer the prayer of each and every individual there. This experience gave us more motivation to work through our sore muscles and the heat to dig deeper and deeper to help make the foundation for the new church. We even learned some Creole because of this too... ‘Jesus renmen ou’.Along with digging today, everyone but us two and Patti got to experience the Mission Possible School, Ebenezer, for the first time. We unloaded tons of school supplies and got to work painting murals and scripture on the wall for the students to read every day of their school year. We got to go up on the roof and look at God’s beauty from the mountains, to the ocean, to the smiles on childrens’ faces. Many of us played baseball, with a can and a stick, out in the street in front of the school. I speak for everyone when I say that this is one of the most fun things we’ve done in a long time. It was really cool for us to see everyone communicating with a language barrier. We’re going to continue getting to know the Dominicans tomorrow with a dance ministry. We’ll be learning a dance from the Dominican dance team at church to the Spanish version of the song ‘Mighty to Save.’ More digging and painting is in store for us too. Please keep praying for our safety and that God will use us in even more amazing ways! Adios!

Marisa Burkett and Mackenzie Lyon

p.s. Marisa here! Hi Mom, Dad, Megan, Brett, Alyson, and Alexa. Thank you for the cards from home and I miss you all very much. Dont have to much fun with out me while I’m gone! I’m praying for you all and can’t wait to see you soon. HAPPY EARLY FATHERS DAY! Love you all!!

p.p.s. It’s Mackenzie! Hey to my crazy family back home! I miss you all, so can you come visit me instead of me coming home so that I can stay here longer? Praying for all of you and hope you’re having tons of fun in exciting Findlay, Ohio! Happy early Fathers Day, Dad! I love you!