Monthly Archives: January 2010

Welcome to Puerto Plata

Puerto Plata is on the north side of the country, not too terribly far from Jimani as the crow flies. However, a mountain range sits in the way, and so the day after the aftershock earthquake, we spent 11 hours … Continue reading

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Jimani, days 2 and 3

We woke up fairly early on Thursday morning to drive back to Jimani in hopes of finding a place for the medical team to work.  Prayer was the first order of the day, as we knew God had us in … Continue reading

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Our Trip to Jimani

We left the White’s house at 7am on Wednesday, which was really 5 am Austin time, somewhat short on sleep.  Fermin, our driver, showed up with the guagua, the normal Dominican form of transportation, which is a 15 passenger van, … Continue reading

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Arrival to the Dominican Republic

An adventure lay ahead of us, no doubt about it.  We had made plans to move down to the Dominican Republic on January 19th, and from there were going to Puerta Plata.  God had different plans for us, however, when … Continue reading

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