Wow I can't believe we have been here 2 weeks... We have done so much and the Lord has shown us more than we could ever ask for! I am going to put up lots of pictures for this blog post and explain them because my words just can't do it justice.
This is Maria.. She has just been diagnosed with liver cancer. Her husband, who is in the picture below in the back ground and grey shirt, went through the Downline Institute last year and has sold everything he has and has stopped working so that he can take care of her. The problem is that they have 6 children as well with mouths to feed. Please pray for healing for Maria. She is such a sweet lady and loves Jesus but needs His healing power right now.
These are Maria's friends and her husband who love her dearly.
This was my little friend in the village that day! We played "try on my stuff" for a long time :) He was so cute.
Not many things better than a Dominican sunset... Our God is an amazing artist isn't He!?
Thankful that the Rowland family made it down safely and very thankful for their support as I spoke to the people of Ascension village last night and taught Ephesians 1. (Stephan and Sarah Rowland with Haitian Kids)
Teaching in Ascension Village with Rosvelt translating. We would be lost without Him! He is such a stud and is willing to help with anything. God is really using this man to make disciples!
The next 3 pictures all tie together. The man on the left in the picture above is Ardly. He is a Downline graduate who left this past Friday to go back to Haiti in hopes to preach the Gospel to his people and hopefully go back to school. He had a dream that he would teach his people the bible and about discipleship and one thing we have learned is that the Haitians feel they are spoken to through dreams. After hearing some of their dreams I am a full believer that God uses that in a mighty way. Many dreams (prophecies) have been fulfilled that they have seen! It's really awesome.
The man on the right of the picture above is Henry. Henry is a graduate of the Downline institute who, as the book of James says, is a "do'er" of the word. He has taken the word of God back to his village and made many disciples! He started meeting with 5 people last year every Monday night and teaching them scripture and just doing life with them. The two pictures below are what we got to experience tonight as fruits of his labor. 60 people now come gather together in this little dirt courtyard every Monday and Tuesday night to hear the words of our Lord from Henry!!! It was the most amazing experience! Henry has now asked if I (Parker) would come back on Mondays and lead worship for them with some songs translated to Creole! I am so excited! Gods presence was so thick in that place you could almost cut it with a knife! Now that is what "Church" is supposed to be like! Brad and I were just in awe.
As you can see God is moving and up to many things here in the Dominican Republic and so much more is to come! Our house is finally coming together, we got furniture today (hand made, bamboo) and a man from Canada has offered to buy Bill and the ministry a fishing boat that we found for sale, so that we can start our Fishing Ministry. That project is projected to start at the end of September so please pray that the Lord continues to work all the details out, which He always does, or maybe more-so that we trust Him and can see how to best serve Him!
Thank you for all the support and prayers! We desperately need them and appreciate them.
Fighting the fight in the DR...
Parker and Brad
