Sunday, November 16, 2014

Sunday in the DR

Last night the neighbors ran their PA system all night long, playing Dominican music.  It was a bit difficult sleeping, and I was hopeful that the passing thunderstorm might arrive here and slow things down a bit, but it didn't happen.  That, plus the dog that barked non-stop all night long, kept some of us awake.  It helps to use ear plugs with noise cancelling headphones but they don't make for the most comfortable sleep...

Anyway we awoke this morning and after breakfast we went to a local church.  The pastor and his wife are sent from the Calvary Chapel in Delta, PA.  He had a good message.  We did the best we could to sing along with the Spanish worship music, but only one song did I recognize. 

We came back here and spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing and catching up on some of the surveys we have done this trip, as well as some preparation for such things as Missions Committee meetings coming up this week once we arrive back in the US.  Even a short afternoon nap was helpful...

This evening we made contact with our generator people  back home regarding the generator end problems we had on Friday.  This was very helpful conversation and it seems we did not have enough original information as to how to set up the voltage sensing on the Automatic Voltage Regulator, so the fix to all this seems like it will be easily done by one of the technicians from DynaTech in the near future.  This is a relief to us as we breathed a sigh of relief knowing that we didn't do anything wrong.

Gene F. has been suffering with a high fever since we were at Dr. Morquette's house in Port au Prince.  Symptoms seem to be in the area of possible malaria, but we are hopeful it is just a passing fever.  This evening his fever broke, so we are relieved.  He has had a lot of sleep since coming here and perhaps the neighbors will be a bit quieter this night allowing all of us to sleep better.

We will conclude our measurements here in the morning and will pack up and leave this place sometime around noon.  The DR is on Atlantic Time so we are an hour ahead of the Eastern US here, but in Haiti we were on Eastern Time and even matched the US in changing from Daylight Savings time to Standard Time.  My laptop does not indicate the change but my cell phone picked it up.

We would appreciate your prayers as we head to Santo Domingo tomorrow afternoon where we will stay at a hostel there overnight.  Our flight to the US leaves Santo Domingo around 6am on Tuesday and we travel through Miami to Reagan National in Washington where we will be picked up by one of our volunteers who left Haiti on Sunday.

It has been good to meet the staff family here at the Ears To Hear Mission in Barahona.  They are the host family here who quit their US jobs, sold their home and moved here, seeking to do God's will wherever it takes them. They have five children, the youngest being age 12.  They are learning firsthand what it takes to put all their lives and possessions in God's hands and relying on Him completely.  They are a good example to all of us.  We have also met their pastor and his wife and another family of three who have done the very same thing and are all ministering here in Barahona.

At some time in the future we may return here to install a solar array on their concrete roof, which is facing the right direction for optimum sunlight.

I do not know if we will have Internet where we are going in Santo Domingo, but I will somehow let you know when we arrive safely there or in Miami on Tuesday.  Thanks for following along.

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