AMONG THE MOUNTAINS

Michigan Visit and Fundraising I flew home on August 1st with Dr. Angel for work meetings and fundraisers followed by a family vacation. The first couple of weeks in Michigan were very busy going to meetings on the west and east side of the state and also to Indiana! If you had the chance to read my last blog, Palo Seco, our mission house that we have been using for over 10 years, has been sold. We needed to figure out what we were going to do for lodging our mission teams. W

In May, we had a team from St. Francis University. They were a large group of 18 people, made up of vets, doctors, and students! Every...

Service Teams During the first week of February, the Good Shepherds' team from California came down. We had enough volunteers from their...

Water Project Team In October, we had the privilege of spending a few days with the water project team from California. They came down to...

St. Catherine’s Mission Team On March 20, after a year of being stateside, Adam, Jess, and family, made it back to the Dominican all with...

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...