Mission # 23 - Dominican Republic - September 2014
Mission 23 was a SLP first to the Dominican Republic. Yay for a new country :D We spent a week with Freedom International Ministries in San Pedro de Macoris. They minister to the working families of the sugar cane industry. There are many small villages, or bateyes, of sugar cane cutters located on a large plot of land owned by Domino Sugar. Freedom’s primary focus is to offer a Christian bilingual school for the children from these bateyes. We were able to install an 18 panel solar system for the first phase of the school’s campus. We actually finished the install in less than two days. Go Team !! We spent the rest of the week helping their electrician wire the school. We also got in a beach day and a visit to one of the bateyes. It was wonderful to spend time with the children in their own village. Overall, it was a fantastic week :D