2010 Mission Trip

We're making plans to go back to Barahona July 9-17, 2010. The last week in December ARBC funded the purchase of land for a church building for the church in Barahona! We're excited to help them get started on a Baptist church for the community near the baseball field. Thanks to retired missionary Paul Siebenmann, The Dominican Baptist Convention, Santiago (a lawyer in the Barahona church), and the church's pastor Missionary Franklin Rodriguez, the deal was finalized and we are currently waiting on survey and title search. But the Barahona church is excited to make plans for clearing the land so that building can be begun if everything is clear to build by July.

Much has happened since our trip last July:
- Franklin & Benita had their baby, Addis, September 9
- We began helping a young boy, Timmy, with a health issue, then we found out that he was going to be sent to an orphanage in Boca Chica. He is now in the orphanage and we are praying that he is being treated well and that he will receive the help he needs until he is adoptable.
- Franklin's father passed away in the fall.
- Franklin & Santiago spent much time finalizing the land purchase
- In January, Franklin's grandmother passed away.
- In January, the Haiti earthquake has been an opportunity for the Barahona church to minister to the Haitians crossing the border into Dominican Republic to get help. The area missionary and the area churches are ministering to the Haitian refugees even though the people in Barahona don't have much either. Pray for resources to be located to help the Haitians and for the Dominicans to be open to helping them.

This may create new opportunities also for us on our trip in July as the Haitians will still be recovering from their losses.

If you are interested in joining us for this 2010 mission trip or would like to know how you can donate toward our ministries in Barahona, please contact barahona@arbcgarland.com.

God bless you as you read this!
Sandi