A Blessed Trip - Thank You!

"'for I was a hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in:" - Matthew 25:35

Welcome to the first blog post to A Child's Answered Prayer.

I had hoped to post daily while we on our four weeks mission trip to the Dominican Republic. Unfortunately Internet access was limited for us. First we tried a mall about one hour away from where we were staying with our host family. The service there was sporadic; we'd be online, then we weren't. I lost quite a few emails when I was half through writing them - couldn't even save what I had written as a draft.

Later in the trip, the service at the mall was down completely, so we looked for new locations to access our emails and the Internet: other malls, hotels, Hard Rock Cafe. Of them all, Hard Rock was the best solution for us and eventually resulted in what will be a future post - please revisit this blog over the next few days for more on what happened in the DR.

Even with the Internet problems, this trip was a blessing to us and hopefully to those with whom we came into contact.

Today what I want to do is thank everyone who helped make this trip possible. There were those of you who contributed financially to this mission. Others provided much needed prayer support - God truly prepared the way as we went. Yolanda and her family opened their home to us and extended hospitality and assistance that we can never repay. We met with government officials, doctors, attorneys, hospital staff, educators, businessmen, missionaries, clergy, and citizens while on the ground in DR. Their warm welcomes, interest, and promises of assistance led to more open doors and revelations of how we can work together to improve the conditions and increase opportunities for the less privileged in the areas we serve.

Each of you made this possible and we can never repay you in our own power, but pray that you will receive blessings upon blessings for your service.