Hola everyone!!

Wow, what a wonderful day filled with Jesus’ love!! Today we ventured all the way to Honduras. No, we didn’t take a boat but it is a small village in the Dominican Republic. As soon as we got there, the team worked efficiently to set up the clinic. You could see the confidence that has grown in the team in just one day. I mean, I heard everyone throwing out some Spanish terms. Everyone is going to come back a little more fluent and filled with heart-felt stories. The locals have been amazing patients but even more curious and receptive to hearing the Gospel. They have been sharing their stories with our team and greatly impacted the team through that. Tonight was SCORE night. Dr. Bob gave us a wonderful sermon on acceptance. The reading was from John 3– the story of Nicodemus. A story of Jesus telling him that we live a life of two births. First, our physical birth followed by our spiritual birth. It doesn’t matter who we are or where we come from, it is building that relationship with the Lord that fulfills salvation. I thank everyone on the team for humbling themselves before the Lord to serve others. Everyone’s strengths in our team have meshed and flowed so together so perfectly. We have been so blessed that everyone has attributes that create this beautiful team to serve the same goal. It has been amazing to witness other teammates talk to locals about God and plant the seed of Jesus Christ.

Each community we have visited has expressed gratitude for what we have provided. Even though we are all so tired, you are never too tired to show you are thankful. I want to highlight members of the team and what they are thankful for–

Today’s Gratitude from the Team:
Christina: chocolate tres leche; Margaret: the dentist’s teaching; Noah: helping patients and learning; Nolan: seeing the amount of patients we saw; Lauren: vulnerability of other; Makayla: everything and seeing puppies; Zane: benadryl; Helen: great mentorship (Lauren and Nolan) & God giving me inspiration in sharing the Gospel; Nathan: beautiful weather and beautiful friendships and beautiful hearts; William: the local villager who let me take a guava fruit; Guy Best: cohesiveness of the team; Dr. McClenny: watching the students engage w/ patients in evangelism & treatment. Mardon being a great new director; Laurel: Maggie’s guitar and patient D4s; Maggie: faith-filled conversations with my team and patients; Mardon: Maggie Braun

Dios te ama,
Margaret Braun