Dearest friends and family,
Hello from an impressive group of professional sweat-ers! Yesterday was a full day of seeing patients, several playfully violent rounds of the card game Spoons, and another healthy dose of humidity. We completed our second day in clinic in the village by the dump. Tomorrow we move to another location for clinic and though we are sad to leave the people we've met over the past few days, we hope the next location will be a little less sauna-like and channels more of an Antarctica vibe. Despite rainy conditions, we saw over sixty patients in clinic yesterday and more importantly, over the past two days, nine people have prayed to receive Christ. Praise God! In optometry, we saw several patients who couldn't even read the last line of the vision chart without glasses and with their new glasses, they could read every line perfectly. Some of the elderly had fairly severe cataracts and though we didn't have the resources to help them medically, we were able to pray over them and their families, that God would bring healing as only He can do. During our evening time of sharing, several people expressed wonder and awe at the sheer joy Dominican Christians have in their faith. When talking about Jesus in clinic, their faces lit up with what we could tell was a genuine, deep, & abounding love for the Lord. Please pray that we will be inspired by these people to further our love and devotion to God, both throughout this week and frankly throughout the rest of our lives. God is sovereign and just, but he is also a loving Father, so pray that we find joy in that each and every day. And that our joy will be deeply evident to those around us, both here in the Dominican and back in Birmingham. We've also observed a deep commitment among Dominican Christians to furthering the kingdom of God throughout their sphere of influence. Please also pray that as we return home, we will seek opportunities to further His kingdom and consistently ask ourselves, "What am I doing to glorify God? How am I working to further His kingdom in my sphere of influence?" The missionaries at SCORE also presented to us several other organizations that are working to spread God's love in this region of the Dominican, one of which is called Lily House. Lily House ministers to women who have been sex-trafficked into prostitution, helping them to find new and practical skills to provide for their families. Lily House wants to help re-orient these women's worth on Christ and not on what the world says about them. If you are interested in this ministry, please Google "Lily House SCORE International" for more information about how these women are becoming new creatures in Christ. We hope tomorrow is a day of sweating less & glorifying God more! We love you! Thank you for praying!
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