1. We left church 10 minutes early (when do church trips start early).
2. We were dropped off a long ways from the ticket counters and had to move all the luggage down one level, get it on a tram to bring us to main terminal where we had to then move all the luggage up 2 levels and organize everyone with their luggage.  It went amazingly smooth
3. We were getting pressed for time but where able to get everyone tickets and bags checked in less than 1 hour.
4. We got through security with minimal wait.  I only had to wait maybe 5 minutes and others had similar wait times.
5. Everyone was at the gate with plenty of time to get food, drinks and those other matters of concern when you’re going to be locked in a plane for a few hours.
6. Moving a large group of people through an airport from one gate to another could have been an experience but the Lord had us depart for the DR from the same gate that we arrived in Miami at.  This gate was no busy and we had plenty of room to spread out for our 5 hour layover.  It worked out fantastic.
7. We got to the DR and we had Amber Henry tell the Visa desk that we were all missionaries and they waved all of our $10.00 entrance fees.  $430.00 of the Lord’s money saved.
8. We got through customs the fastest that I have seen.  No problems.
9. Everyone got their luggage.  Nothing lost or delayed.  Just a couple of crushed Pringles cans.
10. Everyone breezed through the luggage check at the final customs check.
11. Our leaders where there to meet us with trucks and trailers for all the luggage.
12. We had a safe uneventful trip up the mountain to camp.

Cool huh!  As I look back on the day, it is so neat to see how everything worked out in the best way possible. Thank you all for the prayers.  We have plenty of transportation while we here so the logistics of getting people around looks like it is going to be ok also.  Continue to pray for health of the team member, travel safety in this traffic crazy country, the hearts of those we will be meeting, ask for the translators to have an extra special sense of God’s presence as the communicate with the Dominican’s and safety on  the work sites for all. 

Thank you all for your persistence in praying for this trip and for all the support you have given.

We hope to have a blog written each day by a different team member.  We will get them posted on the web site as often as we can get clear internet service. 

Thanks again              Roger