(Moving) and the heat is rising... Sandy and I have spent the last two weeks moving into the new apartment in the medical clinic in Los Algodones. An interesting experience in this heat and humidity as the least bit of exertion leaves us completely soaked. (The little kids look at me with funny faces because I'm completely wet and they are cool as a cucumber) Elio's friend Guiseppe helped us by loading all the big things like the fridge, stove and bed into his pickup truck. Guiseppe retired from his job in Germany and now devotes all his time as a volunteer, working supervising the construction that Fundacion el Samaritano is doing in Los Algodones. He is there early every morning making sure everything goes smoothly and has blessed us with making sure our apartment is cosy and that everything works (rare in the D.R.) The kids of the village love Guiseppe as you can see from the pics on our new "imac" web site. (look for the link to the top right corner of our blog).
(God answers prayer) Recently Sandy and I were feeling very discouraged so we prayed for a little encouragement. God answered this prayer in abundance with encouragement from the people of L.A., with visitors with Mission Direct, with emails and with a return visit from Bill Stephenson of Barrie Ontario.
(Mission Direct blesses Algodones) This week was a very busy one with a group of 40 from Texas here with Mission Direct helping out in Nazareth and Los Algodones. They spent many days in Algodones working at the building site and establishing relationships with the people of L.A. Wednesday afternoon they blessed Algodones with food for every family in the village. Because of the amount packed into every bundle this was not a very easy task and they struggled carrying the food packs to every home. Also the children of one of the families of the group made a financial contribution towards books for the school library. There were many other things that the group did to bless the village and us. We thank them for the encouragement that their love in action is to us and the people of Los Algodones.
(Bill Stephenson and Pastor Joseph go to Haiti) Let me tell you a little about Bill and Debbie Stephenson who have been periodicaly visiting the D.R. for a little over three years now. We first met them about one month into our stay here when they visited L.A. God has touched Bills heart with the need to reach Haiti with Jesus Christ. Teaming up with Pastor Joseph, Bill is developing a plan to start a training centre to equip Haitian Ministers to return to Haiti, plant churches and spread the Gospel there. This Saturday Bill and Pastor Joseph went to Haiti to see the situation there. They return here on Wednesday. We look forward to hearing how the trip went. God placed this plan to train Haitian ministers on Pastor Joseph's heart and he has been faithfully searching for ways to bring it into being. It is exciting to see Gods hand in all of this. I'll write more when they return but there are other exciting developments that I'm not at liberty to mention yet... (Please keep them in your prayers).
(Small change, big Blessing) Moses Di Sabatino, (Elio's friend) visited Algodones recently and blessed us with a gift of support for some of the new parents in the village. Apparently one of the ladies in his church saves up her small change and contributed it all to help out in Algodones. This will help out Jimiy and his wife in particular who have a newborn and no job, and need the extra support.
I have to apologize for the lack of email communication recently as the move to L.A. has deprived us of easy access to an internet connection.
Thank you for your continued prayers, we could not do this without our family in Christ helping us.
Your friends, living in Los Algodones...
Dave and Sandy Chapman
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