Our 'ish' plan for the week

24 hours from now, we will be circled up in the parking lot for a prayer before loading the vans and heading to Chicago! Our flight leaves out of Chicago around 5:30am, so we'll have a few fun filled (and sleep-deprived) hours in the airport before we board. Our flight takes us to Miami and then to the Dominican Republic (close to 3 in the afternoon)!

It's late & there is lots to do before heading out tomorrow night, but I thought I would quick add a basic outline of what our week looks like. I call it an 'ish' plan, because we'll be running on 'ish' time and 'ish' details. We're all aware that our plans could change at any moment, and are praying to be flexible if God wants to change our plans.

Friday, March 30: Arrive, get settled at the Ministry Center, Dinner, devotions & orientation

Saturday, March 31: Breakfast, tour the colonial zone and other areas of the city. Learn about the history, some of the current issues, and also stop by the market. In the evening, we'll visit Casa Joven church. Devotions/debriefing and bed!

Sunday, April 1: Worship at Cristo Rey in the morning, DR ministry overview and partnership with CRWM in the afternoon, worship at Servidores de Dios CRC in Los Angeles in the evening, devo's/debriefing & bed.

Monday, April 2: We are excited to have some time to see and appreciate the beauty of the DR by heading to Playa Los Guayacanes (the beach)! We'll be watching and discussing the film Reparando in the evening. 

Tuesday, April 3: Today we will be a work day. We'll be painting a church and building beds in Villamemella. We'll eat dinner at the Ministry center followed by devotions/debriefing & bed.

Wednesday, April 4: We will tour Batey Mojarra and Fao and interact with Cocref and CRC churches. We will see a lot of poverty during this day. We are having another guest come and speak with us to help us understand more about poverty in the DR. We'll have dinner, devo's/debriefing & then bed.

Thursday, April 5: We are going to be helping with a VBS this morning in Guaricano and also in the afternoon in Los Angeles. We'll have dinner and our final night at the Ministry Center.

Friday, April 6: 4:45am we'll be heading to the airport to fly back home. Who arranged these early morning flights?? ;)

Prayer requests right now: We'll all essentially be awake from Friday night when we meet in the parking lot until we go to bed in the DR. Please pray that we are able to sleep a bit in the van, the airport and on the flights, so that we have some energy when we arrive to take everything in. Pray for positive attitudes despite our weariness. Pray for our luggage to make it there. Pray for those who are leaving family behind - peace for those family members staying here and for those of us going.

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