This week I was blessed to witness a fantastic project lead by Dick Payne's team from Mission Viejo, Calif. Along with mechanic, Papin, from Barahona, they taught a motorcycle repair class for 15 or so young guys in the community of Algodon. The photo on the left shows the initial assessment of the motos and getting names of the guys who were going to attend the week long workshop.
Each session started with a Scripture reading and a time to share thoughts and questions. Chandler, a high school sophomore shared a passage from James (see photo above) The young man in the yellow shirt is responding to the Scripture and sharing his faith in Christ.
Motorcycles (Motos) are the main means of transportation here in Barahona. With gasoline prices hovering just over 6 dollars a gallon it is easy to understand why. The Dominicans transport people and anything else they can fit on their moto. I missed gettting a picture of a guy hauling a double sized mattress on his moto. They don't hesitate to haul water and propane tanks. Wow!
So...you can see how this moto repair project was recieved...with much excitement and gratitude. The place where the team repaired motos was buzzing every day. The chatter was crazy and once a moto was fixed and fired up the guys were exurberant.
Nice to see some good initiative been taken to provide some good mechanics for the motorcycles in such a country where motorcycles are like lifeline for the transportation of the people.
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