This post dates back to May 3rd. Sorry for the delay — I’m trying to catch up At the end of each 6 week English class session, we provide an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) party for our students. This is an opportunity to get to know our students [...]

As you can see from the title of this post, our church in downtown Santiago was broken into again. I can’t go into too many details right now, but here’s a quick summary:
(1) Thursday night/Friday morn (May 22/23) – thieves bent back a zinc (tin) roofing sheet and came down through the ceiling [...]

As has been mentioned in previous posts, our mission in the DR has the blessing of being a stepping stone into Haiti — even though Haiti is not currently an official mission field of the WELS. One challenge, however, is that none of our missionaries speaks French. That means we entrust the work [...]

I wanted to share a few pictures from Easter Sunday. As mentioned in the previous post, three congregations joined together for a joint celebration of the Resurrection of our Lord. Cordero de Dios (Lamb of God) congregation from Moca had the longest distance to travel.
A friend of the congregation owns a van. The women [...]

My apologies for being so far behind. This is some information on Holy Week in the Dominican culture, in our Lutheran church, and for the mission families.
Dominican culture
Holy week (Semana Santa) is important in the Dominican Republic. The majority of people have vacation from school and work. Their focus is on Good Friday. [...]