AMONG THE MOUNTAINS

Weddings and Holidays My sister, Paige, got married at the end of October. It was a perfect way to end my time at home in Michigan. I was...

AUGUST SERVICE TEAM At the beginning of August, my good friend Cassie and her husband Parker brought a group of volunteers to serve with...

As I sit here writing this, I am full of all sorts of emotions: Gratitude, Happiness, Sadness, and Excitement. It really has been a very...

Things have been very busy around here for me. Our medical clinic, which we have been using regularly for the past two years, has reached...

CARLILE FAMILY UPDATE The Carlile family flew back to Michigan on March 1st for their youngest daughter Cami to have an important...

New Year Celebration What a crazy few months it has been! To celebrate the New Year, I was blessed to have spent some time relaxing for a...

Family Time I went home to Michigan for three weeks in August to spend time with my family! It was wonderful! For one week, we were at a...

Blog Medical Team from Indiana I was so excited that our second team this year from St. Francis in Indiana came in May. The team...

We had our first mission support group come down to the DR since COVID began. A small team from Saint Mary’s in Pinckney, Michigan came...

THE CLINIC OF HOPE CONSTRUCTION IS NOW OFFICIALLY COMPLETED! We are excited that we are now focusing on building the outer security wall,...

I have several fun updates to share with you. At the end of August, my mother and I managed to pull off surprising my entire family when...

Yet again, I have let time get the better of me. 2021 is more than half over now, and I don’t know how that happened. It has been a while...

Time Back In Michigan My time home for the holidays was wonderful! Because of COVID, I was not able to see many friends, but I spent a...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! I am home in Michigan for a couple of weeks. It has been very nice to be home with my family...

The construction of the clinic has been moving very slowly due to COVID and the rainy season. Some work has been done on the clinic, but...

This summer I was in Michigan for a little over 3 weeks! It was fantastic. I spent a week up north with my entire family, then I caught...

My intention was to start writing blogs more frequently and have one for May… but well here we are in June, and I am just now sitting...

I honestly don’t know how it is April. Life seemed to zoom by since my last update in February, but with everything happening in the...

AND just like that it is February already! I feel like I just flew back to the Dominican, but I have already been here for 6 weeks!  I...

These past few months in the Dominican have gone by so fast. Between working, meeting new friends, spending time with Luna and Galleta, I...