Mission Trip to the DR 2016: Day 2: Mountaintop Church

Sunday, January 3, 2016

At 6:00am they blew a horn and that meant it was time for everyone to get up, get ready, and do their own personal morning devotions. I got a shower and it was very cold. At 6:40am we all went up to the Upper Room and had morning worship and listened to someone speak. Then we headed back downstairs to the Dining Hall and had breakfast. I ate eggs and rice krispies. We got dressed for church and loaded into the cattle trucks. Riding in the cattle trucks was how we got everywhere. After going up and down hills and through creeks we finally got to the Mountaintop Church. The church was an open building and we sat on white, plastic yard chairs. It was actually really cool and a lot of fun. A translator would translate the speakers so we could understand what they were saying because they spoke Spanish. Unfortunately we couldn't always understand what songs they were singing, but some songs we could pick out and we also sang some songs in English. After church we went to another open building and had juice and cookies and got to socialize with each other and some of the church members. Then we loaded back on the cattle trucks and headed back to the compound. I changed into shorts and a t-shirt and then it was time for lunch. For lunch I had rice, watermelon, salad, and a roll. After lunch, 3 of my friends and I decided to work out. We ran a mile and then did exercises in the basketball court. We went back to our dorm and got showers. Liz and I walked outside to the backyard type area in the compound and there was a little girl standing on the other side of the fence selling bracelets so we went and bought some. Later we met as a group in the Upper Room and they told us about the different ministries we could participate in every day. Then we had dinner and I had a roll, french fries, and cole slaw. After dinner a bunch of us played cards, watched a movie called "Bema Street", played with some dogs, and then went to bed.