Ephesians 4:2 With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love. My passion, my life work, has been dedicated to helping people with words, not actions. Today, this team helped through action. Our team of 11 grew to over 20 with the interns and interpreters from Mission of Hope to guide…

Rejoice, I say it again, rejoice!  Paul had to repeat himself to shake us out of the complacency into which we often drift in worship, in our day, in life.  Sometimes we miss the amazing and dwell on the mundane.  Interesting how God said the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil was placed…

We are currently on our flight from Newark, NJ to Santiago in the Dominican Republic.  We are 11 strong this year, 5 of us are veterans of these trips, 6 are new to the St. Joes adult mission team.  I often find myself contemplating the blessing of these trips.  As I do this, I usually…

Today is the day that we usually do not look forward to during any mission week.  Especially after coming off the highs of completing such a successful project. It’s “Strategic Village Time”. After beginning our day with the morning rosary, we prepare to say goodbye to our team members Tim and Stephanie Reis, who must…

As we get up for our 5th day, I can’t help but wonder if we will ever finish a project. A project so simple at home, but so difficult here in the DR. Our group is always eager to work hard and accomplish as much as possible in the little time we have with the…

On Tuesday and Wednesday, we continued working on the woman’s house in Santiago. The house had been emptied and the old roof completely removed on Monday. Tuesday was dedicated to reroofing the house. New rafters were cut and installed. We had 2 Haitian carpenters, an experienced one and an apprentice that spent all the time…

One Sunday last fall I saw a notice in the church bulleting about an upcoming Mission Trip to the Dominican Republic.  At the time I was a new Minnesota transplant, a new widow and a new parishioner at St. Joes, but an older adult.  I was prayerfully considering what the Lord was calling me to…

A Brand New Mission of Hope Campus Sunday, July 2, 2023 What a great day! When we woke up this morning, we were finally able to see the new campus in all it’s morning glory.  It’s an absolutely beautiful campus here in Jarabacoa Dominican Republic in the foothills of a gorgeous mountain range.  This new…

As we fly to Miami on the first leg of our trip to the Dominican Republic, I keep finding myself considering Paul’s words to the Corinthians in Chapter 13, verse 13: ‘So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.’  That classic verse is certainly applicable to the idea of…