Jan 28

January 28
     Although we have been taking many pictures today, we are not able to upload them to the blog! Today we had work crews working to build a playground, and assisting with the replacement of a roof at MPCA.
     Shari and Deb had the joy of reuniting with Anite and the 13 community agents! They are all doing so well in their school settings. They shared about how everything is going at their schools. They learned about administering Tylenol and Aleve. We will visit them throughout next week and meet as a group again next Saturday.
     The OB nurses when to Dupin today and did seminars. They were expecting 25 to come but ended up with 37. The day went extremely well.
     We put together kits to use to instruct ladies to create shopping bags from T-shirts, and celebrated Jeff Perry's birthday. We were blessed by beautiful weather, and wonderful food created by Liane!

Safe Arrival

Pam just called and the team arrived safely last night. All travel was good and there were no problems getting through immigration and customs.  The team is unpacking and preparing for the rest of the group to arrive Friday.

A Fun Day in the DR

We have internet for a bit, which is unusual for this trip.  Thanks to Rene back in Findlay who has kept you all at least a little bit informed of what we have been doing.  Yesterday, we ended our time in Haiti.  We thoroughly enjoyed every bit of the week with our Haitian brothers and sisters.  Today we were able to spend the day with students from our school here in the Dominican Republic.  Tomorrow we will attend church.  In the morning, we will join the Spanish church as they reach out to the community and then in the evening, we will worship with the Creole church here.  Monday will consist of our teacher seminar and then we will head to the capitol.  Below you will see highlights of our trip.  Thank you for your prayers!  Keep them coming and we look forward to sharing this trip with you in person.

Mary Jo teaching in Haiti on Effective Teaching

Judy helping a Haitian Teacher as she teaches them how to use art in their classroom

Sweet preschoolers in Haiti as we visit their classroom

The students in the Dominican Republic loved the math games we played!

Singing with students in the DR

Sharon made some new Dominican friends today

Tracy visiting with friends

The kids loved our courtyard games!

Traveling to the DR

Hey everyone! Tracy wanted me to post and report that the team made it safely to the DR! Good internet access is hard to come by there at the MP school, so posts from here on out may be limited! Thank you for continuing to pray for the team!

Tuesday!

Sharon teaching on manipulatives that can be used to help kids understand fractions.

Who can resist these sweet preschoolers? We are all doing great and excited for all God is doing this week!

Our team in our visit to Chardene where we presented books, sang songs with the students, and met with principals for strategic planning.

Patti teaching TPRS- a method of increasing reading through storytelling. She is using parables from the Bible.

Monday

On Monday morning, we went to Lanzac and Degeance to present children's books to each classroom and meet with the Principals to go over strategic plans. In the afternoon we had our Teacher Seminar at the teacher school with 85 attending. The weather is beautiful and everything (except the internet) is going great. Judy said, "I loved seeing the progress of the Degeance property. Last year was just a field and this year there is a wall!"

A safe arrival!

Hey everyone, this is Rene! Tracy said that the wifi isn't working very well in Haiti, but she wanted me to post on here for her and let everyone know that their team made it safely! Thanks for praying for their travels, and please continue to pray for their time with both the Haitian and Dominican people!