Febrero 2018 Actualizaciones,en!
Rockford, IL Trip
During the first week of January, a group from Rockford, IL made their annual trip to the Dominican Republic to serve with us in Cielo. Several of their team members were there for the first time, while others were returnees anxious to see their Dominican & Haitian friends and be back in the place they’ve grown to love. For us on staff at Mission Emanuel, it’s always such a pleasure to see these relationships deepen during these work projects. It’s a week of discovery as students and adults alike see what God has for them through the relationships He is developing. This happens with the Dominicans & haitianos, but also between each other within the team, and most importantly, between them and the Lord! Below are a few testimonies from that week.
Ethan and friend, Ashley, with his new sponsor child, Emil
“I saw how God is using Mission Emanuel to impact others and also experienced God’s love myself through the people there. Upon arrival at Cielo and experiencing the compassion of the people there, I made the decision to continually support God’s purpose of investing in these families by financially sponsoring a child. One of the tremendous things about sponsoring a child through Mission Emanuel is the opportunity to meet your child and share with the family the partnership you are entering into with them and their child. I got to meet Emil, my sponsor child, a shy 3-year-old boy that didn’t know how to interact or what to think about these new Americans, pero después de cinco minutos de interactuar con él, me estaba abrazando y participar plenamente conmigo. La oportunidad de conocer a Emil me permitió ver que tiene una fundación familiar fuerte y lo increíble que la asociación entre la misión Emanuel, La familia de Emil, y yo habrá no sólo para ellos sino para mí mismo.”
Ethan Blankespoor
Sarah con un amigo en VBS
“Una cosa que realmente me ha impactado está trabajando en el lugar de trabajo. Tenemos la oportunidad fresca para ayudar a construir casas para las personas que conocemos. El trabajo no es fácil y tenemos que venir junto a las personas para ayudarles a construir. La mejor parte de la construcción de la casa es cuando se llega a dedicarlo. Llegar a ayudar a los muebles mudanza de la familia y pasar a la casa es tan frío para ver. Se calienta su corazón sabiendo que uno más de la familia tiene una casa y que llegó a ser parte de la construcción de ésta.”
Sarah Thor
“Desde el primer año asistí a un viaje de misión a corto plazo a la República Dominicana, No podía permanecer lejos. De Trabajo, servicio, y amante través de la Misión Emanuel es una gran pasión de mi corazón. Este año Dios me mostró el poder del amor durante mi visita a la leprosería. Me acerqué a una mujer llamada Florinda en una silla de ruedas, que estaba solo. Como me vio, se llevó a cabo de inmediato una de mis manos entre lo que le quedaba de ella. Fui a abrazarla, y ella comenzó a reír y besar mi cara. Mi único pensamiento era que no podía creer la cantidad de amor que esta mujer se ofreció a considerar la terrible enfermedad que experimentó y la condición en que estaba. In these short moments, I was overwhelmed by the way she was recklessly loving me. I thank God for my experience with her because He reminded me that His love is more powerful than anything.”
Lydia Rittmeyer
15viaje ª Anual de Mujeres
Following the Rockford trip, we hosted our 15th Annual Women’s Trip. Twenty-five women age 17 a 70+ from California, Wisconsin, and North Carolina taught Bible classes and craft projects to the Women’s Cooperative and a large group of community women, delivered bags of food along with Bibles and prayer for families in need, completed a home makeover, and hosted the Mission Emanuel staff banquet for more than 80 staff and teachers of the Mission and Nazaret school. Every year, the women comment, “This is the best year ever.” And it is absolutely true.
Este año, the group was especially excited to learn that the Women’s Cooperative hosted their own mission week last April inviting 100 women to share their own experience. The Co-Op ladies used their sales profits to put on classes, complete a home makeover for a woman whose home was in disrepair, and deliver food packages to families. The Dominican women were so excited to share with the American group about how they have been inspired to change their own community through sharing God’s love.
If you are interested in joining us next year, trips@missionemanuel.org de correo electrónico para obtener más información. Save the date: De enero 12-19, 2019!
