Our son Jake led a 16-member team on a medical mission to The Dominican Republic. The team included members of Crossroads Church in Ruston, LA, as well as a number from here in Baton Rouge. For some time, Becky and I have looked forward to having this opportunity to be with Jake in this country in which he has served in the past. We saw hundreds of patients in our temporary clinics which we set up in churches. One of those churches was out in a village in the sugar cane fields while the others were in or near urban areas.
We gave out Gospel tracts to almost all of our patients. It was a joy to see men, women, and children carefully reading the Gospel of our Lord.
One afternoon we went to an industrial area and gave out tracts to the workers as thousands of them zoomed by on their motorcycles. It was amazing to see how eager, and even determined, they were to get our tracts. One of the local missionaries had told us how effective tracts were in D. R., but we were still amazed at the response.
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In addition to our handing out tracts and doing personal evangelism, we held evangelistic meetings right outside of our clinics once or twice a day. Our team members gave their personal testimonies, and a clear Gospel presentation was made. The people were very attentive.
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There are many other details that I could share with you. Instead, I will post a few pictures with brief descriptions. Bec and I are very grateful to God for SCORE INTERNATIONAL, the missions agency that hosted us. Jake has had a relationship with Bob and Anna Nilsen of Score for a number of years. We are so glad that we have had the privilege of serving with Jake and his friends at Score. I hope you will prayerfully consider taking a team to D. R. with Score.
There was extreme poverty.
Jake attending to the children.
Outside one of the churches,
which were the sites of our temporary clinics. 
Jake examines a Haitian lady. The Haitians
are among the poorest of the people.
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