Bulldozers and Hurricane Helga

Last night after church we were taken on a short little tour of the area and given some insider information (I was just too tired to continue writing). We were taken past Tablone, which was an area full of squatters that created their own houses out of tin and whatever else they could find. Now it was completely flattened so only rocks and garbage remains. It was right on the ocean so it obviously had an incredible view. Apparently a private investor came and snatched it up so the government decided to build apartmentos for the people. This was all supposed to happen 7 or 8 years ago but after problems with the politics of it, money was stolen or just disappeared, many people were out of luck. Now they have finally built new apartments for the people and just about 3 or 4 weeks ago the people moved in. This all seems like it would be incredible since the old area they lived in was contaminated and continuously making the people sick, however the new apartments meant that families of 5 or 6 were living in tiny rooms with maybe 1 or 2 beds and according to our sources "they were built very cheap, so we will see if they continue to stand"...
We were also informed about the hurricane that hit the coast of the Dominican last year. It wasn't very well publicized so people are still dealing with the aftermath. We have a connection down in the area that was affected so the three of us are hoping to maybe go check it out and see what we can do.

Please continue to pray for doors to open as we are still very much in the planning stages of what we will be doing these next few months. Gracias!!

Also check out Josh's blog at http://www.joshdueck.blogspot.com/ for different perspectives!