Archive for Founders’ Blog
Sickle Cell Children
Sickle Cell Anemia occurs when there is a defect in the structure of the red blood cell which decreases a person’s ability to carry oxygen to their tissues. As a result, children with sickle cell experience a crisis almost every 3 months, which may involve pain anywhere in the body and difficulty breathing. Here in [...]
The Pavillion
The Pavillion: a place where large groups of people can come to worship Jesus and learn about Him through medicine, education and sports. It has been part of the vision for 9 years and it is finally here, all but the concrete floor. The completion of the pavillion is one of the most significant milestones [...]
National Day of Exercise
November 7 was a national day of exercise in the Dominican Republic. Our Pavillion and our sports facilities hosted El Colegio Evangelico Dominicano, a private Christain school in Sanchez to a celebration of this national holiday. 115 students, the faculty, the pastor and parents were present in the morning for instructional activities, then in the afternoon to participate [...]
Breaking in the Pavillion
Since finishing the roof of the pavillion many people have passed by expressing interest and curosity., and some even initiative. A few weeks ago a leader from a local church came by to inform me that there was going to be a concert at our place. He even showed me the tickets that were already [...]
Our First 10K, ever
I have never been fond of distance running. In high school I ran because I had to. After that, I never imagined that I would ever run again, especially long distance. Its been almost 30 years, but I decided to give it a try. I recently began running around the track of our baseball field. [...]
Pavillion Building Fund
We have some exciting plans for 2011. The ministry is growing and will make an impact on thousands of lives next year. We are going to build our pavillion which is our main ministry building. The pavillion is a 7500 sq ft structure that will accomodate as many as 1000 people. It will be used to [...]
Baptism: My 3 Sons
After completeing a study on baptism, Jeffrey, Harley and Gato decided that they wanted to be baptized. On September 11, I had the great honor of baptizing each of them, each one like a son to me, at the beach near our house. What a glorious day. I cant remember it ever being so beautiful and [...]
Ready Yourselves
I write this in no way to boast about myself or to receive any praise. My intent is to share of God’s great and awesome grace, mercy, and power, and to give Him all the glory. It amazes me how He chooses to love, protect and dwell with and in us even though we are [...]
Noah Purington Video
Hey all, this is Jim. The Lord provided in such miraculous ways in the DR while we were assisting the Haitians. Not the least of those provisions was Noah. There were alot of old Orthopedic Surgeons, used to arriving in an operating room with the patient prepped and draped. What we REALLY needed was young, [...]
Firts Bible Baptist Curch ” Goes Yonder “
What a blessing it was to have the mission team from First Bible Baptist Church of Rochester New York visit us this past March. Pastor Bob Brado, ”Dominican Bob”, gave a message about “going yonder”. The word “yonder” appears 7 times in 7 verses of the King James Version of the bible. In each case, yonder is referring [...]
