Touch-down for the Dohms Family

The Dohms family, from my home town, have touched-down in the Dominican Republic. They will be available for the month of January to oversee upgrades and repairs on the children's home. Some of the repairs include:

• mosquito screens
  
• repairing the flooring
• Back Patio
• Painting the Kitchen
• building bunk beds
• more repairs as needed

Gordon and Melissa will hire local contractors to do the repairs and will help out in any way they can while they are in the area. Mercy League has some limited funding to make available to them for these improvements but any gifts to this project would be greatly appreciated. You can make a donation by using the website and designate how it is used by using the donate button on this page.(it is finally set up!!! and remember... it is tax deductible in the USA)

Please read what Melissa wrote today about her family's journey the Puerto Plata...

Hola!

We are presently at the home of William and Jacqueline Gomez where we just enjoyed a dinner of rice and beans and barbequed chicken. William met us at the very warm airport that is surrounded by palm trees and sugar canes right next to the ocean, wow. Vancouver to Toronto was a four hour trip where next to no sleep was had, so Toronto was very difficult. We were there for four hours and then a three hour flight to Puerto Plata. Only a bit of turbulence had me in a fairly anxious few moments and even Gord admitted it was the first time he had experienced such a fierce movement. That was over the first flight.

We checked into a respectable hotel. The one that we first chose was a poor choice and this one is better. It is right at the beach and has the right price for us, just over $100 for three nights. The hotel has limited electricity though and probably no internet connection. But over the next few days, until Sat., we can check from Williams. The kids were over awed by the ride we had through the city of Puerto Plata, definitely not of the resort variety the rest of the tourists will have, pretty hair rising traffic here! But a wonderful variety of smells, plants, people, and everything. Our spanish is already improving rapidly!

We are exhausted so will leave so we can get a ride home. No vehicle and totally dependant on others right now, not a bad thing. Love to all from the Dominican Dohms clan.

I totally forgot it was my 43rd birthday until we finished supper, what a wonderful time. Rachel wants to let Sarah know it is absolutely wonderful and green and tropical.

Buenos Noches.