We’re on the plane to New Jersey on the first leg of our trip home. We had such a great day yesterday. We worked again at the same home we were at Thursday. On Fridays, the other teams go on what is called an Excursion Day, it’s a fun day at a local river/water fall…
Thursday 2025
Today we went to a new location to work with a different pastor and a new family. The house we’re working on today and tomorrow is for a mother and her two daughters. It is a rehab of an older existing home. When we first were at the home, there was extended family also present. …
Wednesday 2025
After a day yesterday managing some adversity, we were able to accomplish a lot today. We were able to finish the food pantry for the local church we’re working with, even though we still didn’t have power. Our team was also able to finish building kitchen cabinets for a local family who didn’t have a…
Tuesday 2025
Today was day two of our construction projects consisting of painting the inside and outside of a house, building shelves for a food pantry and remodeling a kitchen by adding cabinets for a countertop. Our group was split into three smaller groups with the tallest finishing the house painting (our interns Isaac and Miles and…
Monday 2025
Saturday was travel day and Sunday is a get settled and honor the Sabbath quiet day. Today we got to work. We have 5 days of work this week and Mission of Hope has big expectations for what we’re going to accomplish, we’ll certainly do our best. Our primary project today was painting both inside…
Sunday 2025
Hey everyone, my name is Peyton and I’m from Chattanooga, TN. I’m here with the group from St. Joseph because I met them last year when I was an intern with Mission of Hope. I enjoyed my time here last summer tremendously and couldn’t be happier to be back in the Dominican. G.K. Chesterton once…
2025 Travel Day
We have just taken off from Minneapolis headed back to the Dominican Republic. This is our 5th trip to the DR and our 10th trip with Mission of Hope. I’ve been struggling trying to find some inspiration for this first post for our blog. As of yesterday, I still had nothing. A team member yesterday…
Homeward Bound – 2024
Another mission trip has come to a close. We’re on our way home – first leg, Santiago, Dominican Republic to Newark. I am utterly and completely exhausted. But it is that best kind of exhaustion borne of hard work performed on someone else’s behalf. Our team really came together this week and poured their all…
Wednesday – 2024
The home rehab project progressed despite a few Dominican obstacles. We started to see the fruits of our labor as the walls began to come together. It is beginning to look like a home with two bedrooms, a full kitchen and a bathroom. While the work within the home continued, a new project began outside. …
Tuesday – 2024
My name is Reginald Morusma and I am originally from Haiti and now divide my time between Haiti and the Dominican Republic performing ministry services. I have been involved with Mission of Hope since 2019. I started as a translator knowing that my passion was always to become a missionary. In 2022 I did an…