Summer 2009

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, HAITI and PUERTO RICO

 
August 3-6 Four days Rehearsal Camp in Newmarket, ON
 
August 7 Departure for Dominican Republic via Miami
 
August 8 1st concert in Santo Domingo on Saturday evening
 
August 9 Early Sunday morning and 7:00 PM services
 
August 10 Day off
 
August 11 All day by bus to Port-au-Prince (two busses with a t railer for equipment)
 
August 12 Rehearsal with orchestra from Port-au-Prince Music School
 
August 13 Concert in a Movie Theater
 
August 14 Concert in an exclusive hotel (Port-au-Prince) reaching the “upper class”
 
August 15 Concert in church at the Seventh Day Adventist University Campus
 
August 16 Morning concert - Eglise de Dieu Pentecostal Church, Port-au-Prince
  Evening concert at the Music School
 
August 17 Surprise concert at a large prayer meeting, Port-au-Prince
 
August 18 Driving back to DR stopped in Barahona, DR for a concert
 
August 19 Evening outdoor concert in Barahona
 
August 20 After four hour drive held concert in Santo Domingo
 
August 21 Packing equipment and flying to Puerto Rico in afternoon
 
August 22 Concert in a large beautiful English speaking church in San Juan
 
August 23 Early Sunday morning and 7:00 PM concerts in the San Juan area
 
August 24 Day off travelling by bus to Western part of Puerto Rico
 
August 25 Concert in Cabo Rojo, PR
 
August 26 Evening concert east of San Juan
 
August 27 Day off
 
August 28 Surprise concert at a prayer meeting
 
August 29 Packing for late afternoon flight to Toronto via Chicago 

COMMENTS
From a spiritual point of view:
• We had amazing services in all three countries!

• In Haiti eight Christian musicians from the Music School joined us

• Response for prayer was wonderful – most services we had 30+ of our group praying for 5-10 persons each

• We were blessed to wake up early one morning (4:30) to hear people praying

• We were invited to give two unannounced concerts at prayer meetings (Haiti & PR) and were taken back by the number of people, young people and children included, who attended. Both churches were packed!

• Every day we had a precious time together as a group for about an hour of devotions – singing, speaking, testimonies and praying together for needs.

LIVING CONDITIONS
• 37 Participants

• Lodging: Stayed at five different camps in DR, Haiti and Puerto Rico

• Temperature was over 30 Celsius all the time combined with high humidity, especially in the rain forest in PR

• At one camp 22 ladies slept in one room and shared three showers, two toilets and two sinks and similar conditions for the men