Today has been quite a day thus far. We woke up to pouring rain as a tropical storm is hanging in over us. Matt, Andrea, Abby and kids (the Ellingson Family) were going to fly over here to take a break from the work in Haiti, but they couldn't land due to the poor weather conditions. They are driving now. We should see them some time today...yippee!
The Casa is quiet right now. Brandon Bleek's team from Creekside Covenant left this morning as sheets of rain were coming out of the sky. The drive to Santo Domingo for them will be interesting. Keep them in your prayers. The streets in Barahona looked more like rivers than streets. We went down to the coffee factory, Cafe Melitta, stopped by a panaderia (bakery) this morning with them and got a serious shower each time we left the bus.
Have you seen the short video clip I took of them mixing cement in Algodon? Here it is:
http://vimeo.com/13556780
I even got in on the mixing, but needed to lean on the shovel quite a bit....Ha! I learned how to properly lean on a shovel when I worked on the Whittier City School District summer gardening crew...an acquired skill.
This Sunday 32 baseball players and coaches will arrive to do clinics and play games with I Love Baseball, which is a ministry with Children of the Nations. http://www.ilovebaseball.org Please join us in asking God to halt the rain for their week here. Life shuts down pretty much here when it rains and we don't have a Safeco field to host the games.
Vic for the fam
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