Just over two weeks ago, we bid farewell to a group of 16 people - a youth group from Wisconsin - that had come down to partner with us for 10 days. What an incredible 10 days it was. The first few days were spent in a poor community called Rio Mar (River Sea, literally translated), working with the local pastor to fix up his church and home, and to reach the community with the love of Jesus. We smooth coated the outside of church and inside the pastor’s home with concrete, painted inside both buildings, did visitation and evangelism in the community, and held two evening services in the church. On both evenings, especially the last one, the church was so full that there were crowds of people gathered around the windows and doors to hear what was happening. The team built beautiful relationships with the people of Rio Mar - lives were touched, people were saved, and even the “bad boys” of the streets came out and were touched by the love of Jesus. When we left, there were many tears, and the pastor was so thrilled with what were we able to accomplish together. The group also held two children’s program for the children of a public school. We did an evangelistic outreach two evenings in a different community called Sabaneta - five people came to know the Lord as Saviour! We also did an outreach in Las Quinientas, a community in Nagua - the visiting team did a program for more than 200 children during the day, and then we showed a Christian film to over 200 people in the evening. It was a terrific time! God touched lives for eternity, and encouraged pastors - our vision moves forward!