When we arrived, they gave us instructions for the day. We split in teams and sorted the food by different categories with many people taking on different roles.

Today in the morning we headed to the House of Hope which is a women’s shelter that has about 8-10 ladies living in the home.

Hello everyone! Today we woke up in the morning and we couldn’t shower because the water was broken, but thankfully a man from the church fixed it!

We learned about a woman’s story about her journey with cancer and how she had to rely on God’s strength…

Hey from the 2025 Windsor missions team! After we packed the vans, we spent some time in prayer before our journey.

If I could, I would give an endless list of moments but one of those would be when we went to church. From before you could even see the church, you could hear the pastor worshiping and praying. When I say that it was so loud, I really mean it.

We want to start off by thanking all of you for reading our blogs and the continuous support and prayers that you have been sending our way. We can really feel that God is working throughout this team and the work we are doing here in the Dominican Republic.

Today we stared off like normal. This included our morning devos on the roof with our reflection time. We also had a debate of who would win in a fight: a chicken or a tarantula.

First and foremost, an update on Pedro (the tarantula), he survived being in the pool for over 30 minutes. We went back to check on him and he was still kickin, so we scooped him out of the pool and put him back safely. We’ll let you decide if that is good news or bad news!

After devotions, one of our leaders was spooked by the biggest tarantula any of us have ever seen in our lives just a few feet where we ended off our devotional.

Mitch (on the paint team) found a massive spider crawling on the wall…

Today we started by waking up, going back to sleep, then waking up again. After 10 minutes of fighting the urge to go back to sleep one more time, I finally decided to get up only to find my back was bonded to the sheets (like a mouse in one of those sticky traps).

Today we started our Day off with our morning devos on the roof, followed by an absolutely outstanding, out of this world, bomb of a breakfast. After breakfast we dressed to the nine’s and walked three and a half hours in dog years (aka 15mins) to the sound of worship coming from the church since it was a thousand decibels.

Constructing Relationships

We did our first devotion today on the roof, reading Psalm 105:1-11 and filling out our daily devotional. Afterwards was breakfast which consisted of oatmeal, boiled eggs, meat and cheese, toast, and fruit. It was quite the smorgasbord!

Dear family and friends, today was a busy day. Our day started at 4:30 AM if you can believe it.

The Dominican Republic Missions Experience Team is looking to put together some donations to bring next week! In this blog you will see the list of items we are trying to gather before we leave next Friday.

Well everyone, this concludes the 2024 Guatemala YA trip! Thank you so so much for all of your prayers and support. Our team truly had a blessed week learning about God and His love of the people of Sumpango.

Can’t believe this is our last full day in Guatemala! It has been a very blessed week. We were able to sleep in a little bit, however we did wake up to quaking as there was an earthquake between Mexico and Guatemala. Or it could’ve been Kathryn shaking our beds. Once we fully woke up, we had breakfast on the roof, enjoying our view for a final time. 

This morning began a little earlier than most but for good reason, we had a three hour bus ride to Panajachel to see the famous lake, peruse the shops, and go out for lunch with all the kids! The bus ride took a bit longer than expected with an impromptu visit to the closest Mcdonalds (which was nicer than most in Ontario), we all filled up on coffee then hit the road again.

Hey! Let me tell you all about the in’s and out’s of our day. We started off preparing for another Mother’s day event. This event is for the Mother’s who often don’t have anyone to celebrate this special day with. Many of these women are widdowed, abandoned by their kids, homeless, or all of the above.