Well I have made it through my second week of language school. It's a little hard seeing everyone in my class came from level 1 and I tested into level 2 is the class I am in right now. In my class there are people from all over the world, there is a married couple from France, two people from Canada, one other person from the US, five people from Haiti, one person from Indonesia, one person from China, and one person from Taiwan. These people are really cool, but it's a little weird because everyone in the class all above the age of 25 except for me I am the young one. My Professor is really cool his name is Francisco Sanchez, and one of the first things he asked me was "Do you have a girlfriend?" I said "No," and this was really funny he said "You need a Dominican girlfriend so you can practice your Spanish," and I just started laughing. But other than that nothing really new has been going down here except for a lot of Spanish learning and speaking. But I do have a prayer request, some of the other missionaries down including us in the Root home have just been either getting sick or just feeling attacked by the enemy and just feeling like we weren't making a difference and certain things like that and it's been a struggle for all of us and so I just ask that you would keep us in your prayers, it really means a lot to us!!
One God. One Love. One Mission
Noah
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Children's Hospital
Well this last Sunday we went to the Children's Hospital to hand out presents to the kids in the that were there and to minister to the families that were there. This was with out a doubt probably one of the hardest things I have ever done, for one I went as Santa Clause, and I was supposed to have all this cheer and be excited but it was so hard because there was all these very sick kids and there was about a hundred or so in there and were mostly terminally ill and were not going to leave this Hospital. While were there we would go to 
the rooms and there was about twelve beds to a room it really wasn't a good situation and the building was not in very good shape at all and it is a free hospital so its not very good for the people who are in it. But what is good about it is the First Lady is trying to get it remodeled and is putting a lot of work into it so that is good. Well here are some just some of pictures of what we did and the people who were in it.
The hard thing about going to the Hospital was pretty much everyone in there wanted something for themselves. They would try and tell us that there was a kid in the next bed but he was in the bathroom but really they just wanted us to put it there so they could take it home for some of there kids in there family. One of the nurses there had asked me to give them a gift for her daughter and I told her that we could only give gifts to the kids that were in the beds and she got mad at me and hit me and I was Santa Clause. To tell you the truth I really just wanted to pull my beard down and say hey look I am not the real Santa Clause and I hit back, it really frustrated me but that is the culture here because that was they were raised and they all want something for them self. The two little twin girls you see were abandoned in a box by there mother, and the only reason they were in the Hospital was because they were malnourished and then being transferred to a government orphanage that doesn't really mean anything. But Rich and Kirsten have been thinking about having the twin girls come stay with us so they can take care of them or at least get them into a Christian orphanage so that Kirsten can go and see them when ever she wants. While we were there we went to every bed and talked to them about God and some things we had in these little books we took with us and then we would ask if they wanted to except Christ into there lives and we had 35 salvations in the Hospital, so that was really good. In the end being Santa Clause was a lot of fun, and while I was there I probably lost about ten pounds in sweat because the Santa suit was felt and there was no air conditioning, but it was a lot of fun and were hoping to go there when Anthem comes down here in June. Hope you enjoyed the tour the Hospital.
One God, One Love, One Mission
Peace Much Love
the rooms and there was about twelve beds to a room it really wasn't a good situation and the building was not in very good shape at all and it is a free hospital so its not very good for the people who are in it. But what is good about it is the First Lady is trying to get it remodeled and is putting a lot of work into it so that is good. Well here are some just some of pictures of what we did and the people who were in it.
The hard thing about going to the Hospital was pretty much everyone in there wanted something for themselves. They would try and tell us that there was a kid in the next bed but he was in the bathroom but really they just wanted us to put it there so they could take it home for some of there kids in there family. One of the nurses there had asked me to give them a gift for her daughter and I told her that we could only give gifts to the kids that were in the beds and she got mad at me and hit me and I was Santa Clause. To tell you the truth I really just wanted to pull my beard down and say hey look I am not the real Santa Clause and I hit back, it really frustrated me but that is the culture here because that was they were raised and they all want something for them self. The two little twin girls you see were abandoned in a box by there mother, and the only reason they were in the Hospital was because they were malnourished and then being transferred to a government orphanage that doesn't really mean anything. But Rich and Kirsten have been thinking about having the twin girls come stay with us so they can take care of them or at least get them into a Christian orphanage so that Kirsten can go and see them when ever she wants. While we were there we went to every bed and talked to them about God and some things we had in these little books we took with us and then we would ask if they wanted to except Christ into there lives and we had 35 salvations in the Hospital, so that was really good. In the end being Santa Clause was a lot of fun, and while I was there I probably lost about ten pounds in sweat because the Santa suit was felt and there was no air conditioning, but it was a lot of fun and were hoping to go there when Anthem comes down here in June. Hope you enjoyed the tour the Hospital.
One God, One Love, One Mission
Peace Much Love
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)