Be Ye Reconciled: Bateys (Bah-Tays) in La Lanza

A boy getting some water.

Hello again from the Dominican Republic. This past weekend was a busy one. My family and I went down to Barahona to try and go shopping and the place was deserted. It is usually a very busy place, I call it the motorcycle capital of the world. There are bikes all over the place and they drive like maniacs. We learned that there was a festival going on this weekend and everybody had closed there shops down early, so we were unable to go shopping. So we had to settle for some food from Carlitos. If anybody comes down to visit we will try to treat you to some freshly made empanadas. They also have some good fruit milkshakes. So we ate and then headed back to the house. The next day we tried to go down there again to try and get some groceries. This time the store was open!

Elisabeth Truel with a baby in a Batay

On Sunday, Brother Darren, Pastor Nathan, Elizabeth, Jonathan, Brother Sean and his wife Jen, Benjamin, Joseph, Levi and I went up to La Lanza to preach. We also were going to notify the people in the area that we are going to be bringing some doctors up on Tuesday. We ended up preaching in one of the Bateys (a small group of huts/houses that are together were the Haitians live).
Below are some pictures that I took a couple of weeks ago, this is also were we preached yesterday. Please pray that the language will come quickly in order to try and reach these people with the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ. There are many Bateys with many Haitians in the Dominican Republic. Two weeks ago I was able to preach and Bro. Darren interpreted for me. This definitely was an experience, but the Lord gave grace and help!

Please pray, as tomorrow we will be traveling back to La Lanza to open up another medical clinic for the people. We are also going to try and see some of the people that we saw last week.