Here I sit at the laptop. It's 2:30 a.m. Friday morning. We got back to our apartment around 8:14 p.m. last night after spending the morning in Los Algodonas, the afternoon working at Dr Bob's and the evening back in L.A. passing out medications for a variety of health problems.
I can't explain to you the joy that God gives to us working here in the village, I wish that I could properly describe it to you. Sometimes as we are working and all the actions are going on around us with the noise, demands, exhaustion and distractions, I become aware of experiencing what is going on almost from the third person, a sense of viewing the action from somewhere else and then I'm filled with peace in the middle of it all. When we got back here tonight both Sandy and I were filled with thankfulness to God for all his incredible blessings to us here in the D.R.. We ate dinner and wound down but it was only later after I had been sleeping for a while that I woke up and realized that I had to share this day with you. We owe a great debt of thanks to You back home who are sharing in the work we are doing here with your prayers and gifts. We would like to be able to thank you personally so that we could hug you and share this joy with you. We pray you will experience the Joy that God showers out to overflowing in Los Algodonas also as we attest to you that your prayers for our village are answered here everyday. Your prayers are as real to us as the red dust that settles on everything here (just before the rainy season starts). You have blessed us with the great privilege of being your hands, feet, and hearts here and we thank you and lift you up to God in thanks also.
Yours in Christ
Dave and Sandy Chapman
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Mike read this message to us this morning as he talked about Philippians 1:1-11. We are so blessed to have you representing Jesus in the DR for us.
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