Thursday, June 26, 2008

The KCUCS World Missions team is rolling full steam ahead. Yesterday we had a great day. Before lunch we went to downtown Bani. When we arrived there were a few hundred people waiting for us. We were non-stop from the time we arrived until we stopped at about 1 pm. The team had seen perhaps 1500 to 2000 people. That was the third day. What a break through day!

On Wednesday afternoon the full team went to Pastor Veronica´s church village. It has a population of about 3000 people. The team walked the village personally getting acquainted. We went from door to door and on the streets meeting and greeting. It was quite the experience. To see things like a 8 year old boy who had suffered birth trauma and now with cerebral palsy. He was adjusted and we are curious to see the report this evening.

We love having the opportunity of serving with Upper Cervical Care but it can not be overlooked how powerful it is to just be here with these people letting them know that somebody cares enough to leave their own comforts for a week, giving their time and resources to be able to share a few moments with them. These moments for them are worth much, but they are worth more to us. Can not be expressed in words how this shapes the hearts of each member of the team. These experiences do last a life time.

Our living situation has dramatically improved with electricity for two nights in a row. We have to admit the first two nights were a bit challenging. You could see truly great character coming out of the team as they overcame this adversity. A true mark of winners. After seeing the conditions the people here in the Dominican Republic are living in on a daily basis makes it a little difficult to complain much about anything.

We arrived Bani this morning (Thursday, June 26 ,2008) to several hundred people waiting for the doctors. Each day our numbers have doubled. Nearly a couple thousand people have already been seen this morning. We are so appreciative to have received so many expressing heart felt appreciation as well as the number of testimonies and good reports.

The whole building process of the KCUCS Dominican Republic 08 Mission Team has been incredible. Through prayer prior to the this trip a word we felt was stirring strongly within many of us was that ¨Pressing Through¨ was going to be key to success. As we had our first meeting with the group in the Atlanta Airport we discussed the importance of ¨Pressing Through¨. It all sounded great hearing this message while we were in the comforts of U.S. soil. Little did we know at the time how true this word would turn out to be.

We started off the first couple days with definite things in common. For the most part we are involved in the KCUCS Program. We are all Upper Cervical Doctors and Upper Cervical Advocates. This is a great start. The ¨Pressing Through¨ part began with getting delayed on our way back to the Villa and then to find no electricity. We were challenged with bad sleeping conditions the first two nights because of no electricity. The heat really was pretty difficult and tight quarters we are sharing are among just a few of the discomforts. These could have been distractions that stopped any progress toward the team truly becoming a team. No team comes together when there is even a little complaining in the midst (I have to admit I found myself complaining about 3 a.m. the first evening while I was laying in a sweat soaked bed). As the days have passed hearts are being shaped through each new experience. It is each one of these experiences that have helped us come to a deeper place of humility, appreciation and thankfulness. It is this atmosphere the fosters a true Spirit of Unity. The team has melded together in a powerful way and I believe we have come to the place that our results from our efforts will now be exponential. We expect to witness great things over the next couple days. The team is well trimmed and fit for service. A great by product is that bonds are being formed that will last a lifetime.

We want to thank the intercession teams who have been supporting us thoroughly. Without this prayer as a foundation I don´t see how this team could have come together.

Feel free to post comments on the Mission. We will try to make one more post, however tomorrow the team is traveling to the capital, Santo Domingo, to meet with the Chief of Police and about 300 officers. They are going to honor the team, feed us lunch and we will spend most of the day there. I am sure they will have an Internet Cafe it just depends on our time.