Wow. It feels like such a whirlwind since last October when pieces started to move into place for College Church to send a STAMP team down to serve alongside us in Santiago! I was home for a week for College Church's missions festival and had a conversation with the Nussbaums, and next thing you know they are raising money to come down! I love watching how God carefully places a team together, even one on such short notice. This team was special and different in that is was filled with people in very different walks of lives. There were 3 families, some group members were in High School, some in college, some in middle school! Some were just starting to enter the work field, and some were just exiting the work field! But it was very clear that right from the start, God had a plan for everyone who had come down to serve at our site in Hato del Yaque.
One of the biggest blessings for me as I "host" and facilitate short-term teams in the DR, is watching group's fall in love with people and places that occupy a huge place in my heart. This could not be more true about this STAMP team. They came down with no expectations, other than to love on and serve the people of Hato del Yaque, and I know that when they left, they left with Hato del Yaque occupying a huge place in their hearts. From the kids, to the pastor and his family, to the basketball coaches, to the missionaries, this group loved hard and we had to pry them away on the last day!
Here are a few pictures that start to give a feel for what we all experienced together this week. Thank you so much for coming alongside us as we continue to serve together in Hato del Yaque! This was such a special week for me.
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