A Grateful Goodbye Until We Meet Again






 Monday was our last full day in the DR. We will get in a plane today (Tuesday) and head home. We are going home changed by our experience here. We are going home grateful to Foundation for Peace for their leadership and love- grateful to the people we have met from the DR who have taught us many life lessons on contentment, community, hospitality, generosity, love and the list goes on and on. 

Out last day was spent doing home and “road visits” in a community in the morning. The afternoon was spent at a dam where we swam and enjoyed the beautiful scenery. After another delicious evening meal we had a beautiful time of sharing. Each team member answered these questions: what did you learn about yourself, what did you learn about the people of the DR and what did you learn about God this week. We shared some tears and some laughter as we opened our hearts to each other. God has been so very good to us. 

Twenty people came to serve in the DR. Twenty people quickly became one team. Twenty people have been changed by our shared experience. Twenty people now feel like a family. Praise God for the work He has done through us and in us. 

This is a grateful goodbye from Nurses on a Mission 2023. Adios! Till we meet again❤️


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