We Need To Finish This House

Dear family and friends, The teams from TN and IN, working with Alcides and his crew, did a great job of getting the roof on this house in a week. We need to finish it. Want to buy a window for $80? A door for $120? Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.

Blessings to you all, 
Bondye beni ou.
Richard Taylor

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Dalila

Dalila, an extremely gifted student born into abject poverty, able to attend college due a loving family in the USA.

Free Clinic - Just For One Day

Free Medical Clinic, so desperately needed in Sabaneta, Dominican Republic. Open just for one day due to some caring doctors, now in need of funding.

“He who oppressed the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.”  –Proverbs 14:31

"Food, medicine and education are the heart and soul of Journey Into Hope"

Thanks to you all for your many thoughts, prayers, and support during the past few months; it has been an intensely busy time as we try to meet the needs of a world deep in poverty and sickness. Medical teams from Detroit and PA came to Sabaneta in March and shared their lives, skills, hearts and medicines with the folks in our area. Many home visits by doctors, physical and occupational therapists, nurses, pastors, and friends deeply touched the lives of the residents in our barrio. God’s love in action is the most powerful agent of change on the planet, and it was great to be a witness to so many wonderful acts of kindness.

Food, medicine and education are the heart and soul of Journey Into Hope. Choosing between these three life essentials has become a daily, often heart-wrenching task in our effort to help improve the lives of our brothers and sisters on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. Malnutrition and starvation, sickness and death, illiteracy and poverty are the constant companions of many residents in our neighborhood. We continue to buy a lot of rice and beans and try to feed as many kids as possible with our limited resources. We purchase and give away medicines to many who will otherwise go without treatment for conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, typhoid fever, parasites, and epilepsy.  And then along comes a young nurse, Guylaine Codio, who has worked excellently with us during the past few years and asks us if we can help her go to medical school so she can return to work with us as a physician when she completes her training. Presently, we are providing financial aid to 30 students, ranging from kindergarten to graduate school; adding a medical student to this list has been prohibitively expensive in the past. Medical school tuition in Santiago costs approximately $6000 over the course of 5 years; but this is a long-term investment in the life of a young lady who wants to return and serve her community and improve the health of our neighbors. Such an investment would seem to be the perfect fit for Journey Into Hope’s heart and soul. If helping Gulaine appeals to you, please contact me and let me know your thoughts.

In His Most Holy Name, 
Richard Taylor

Share your food with the hungry, and give shelter to the homeless. Give clothes to those who need them, and do not hide from those who need your help. - Isaiah 58:7

You can help today by purchasing:

120 pds of rice - a weeks supply of food for Journey Into Hope's Kitchen - $60
A year's scholarship to the Christian school of Sabaneta for one child - $335
A school uniform, required for attendance - $55

Any donation big or small is appreciated and can help better the lives of our brothers and sisters in the Dominican Republic.

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I could choose not to move...but I Refuse!

 

I can hear the least of these
Crying out so desperately
And I know we are the hands and feet
Of You, oh God

So, if You say move
It's time for me to follow through
And do what I was made to do
Show them who You are

'Cause I don't want to live like I don't care
I don't want to say another empty prayer
Oh, I refuse

To sit around and wait for someone else
To do what God has called me to do myself
Oh, I could choose
Not to move but I refuse

Richard in the DR

Family and Friends,

Richard arrived safely in the Dominican on Tuesday. He will be in Sabaneta through 3.29.12, a total of 30 days....Since being there he has moved his few possessions from his previous quarters at the unoccupied and unused medical clinic back to the house he occasionally rents. He much prefers being in this house. He has also worked doing some needed maintenance on the soup kitchen. He has been visiting friends and acquaintances assessing the many needs of the community. The annual spring medical mission team from Pennsylvania will arrive on March 10 for the week. A new addition to this medical team is a physical therapist from Richard's church in Tennessee. Chris will join the team as a therapist on 3.13 for the remainder of that mission week.  A medical team from Detroit will also be there sometime in March for another couple of days seeing the sick. The weather in the DR has been very nice thus far and Richard sounds good. We try to talk every day or two.  I will pass along your messages and blessings to him...

May you and yours be blessed,

Miriam