Can you guess what we did today? Teaching English to the community through conversations at the Connection Cafe? Painting the sanctuary of a new church plant in Bella Vista? Kids outreach with crafts, recreation, dancing and a Bible story in El Guano? Youth event in La Vega? Sí. The Connection Cafe is off to a great start. The church plant has a fresh coat of paint. The little church in El Guano is no bigger than most bedrooms in America but the hearts of the people and the enthusiasm of the children are huge.

After dinner we experienced a severe thunderstorm that put the new roof to the test! The roof passed, the storm passed and we were off to the evening youth event. We saw a lot of damage along the way and arrived to find that the church had lost power. So picture a generation of young people worshipping at the top of their lungs to the light of a motorcycle headlight shinning through the door of the sanctuary. They know what they sing is true. “If our God is for us, then who can stand against us.” With the help of some handy guys and a generator the lights came on for the second half of the event.

The church in the Dominican is reaching their communities for Christ with the help of teams who come through Envision. We share the same passion for New Jersey that these pastors have for the Dominican. We each seek God’s direction and vision for His church in our community and expand that reach into new communities. We each believe that global partnerships will help advance the Kingdom. We pursue God passionately, serve relentlessly, care for one another deeply.

See you Sunday!