Sunday, August 2, 2009 (Our second Sunday in the Dominican Republic)
We attended Fast & Testimony meeting with the Larsen’s in “Nizao”, the little town they were assigned to since they’ve been here. Nizao is near the coast due West of Santo Domingo about 45 minutes away by car.
The members are wonderful here and they have a very large Branch of the church. I estimated that there must have been 100 to 125 people at today’s services. There was not an empty seat in the chapel. They were literally standing in the hall to listen to the testimonies. They have at least 20 active priesthood holders and the Larsens and the 4 full time missionaries there basically stay in the background and let the members run everything. The members were excited to report to me that there are plans in the works to build a new chapel on the same grounds and double the size of the facility.
Sunday school and priesthood meetings were just like any I’d attended in my home ward in Mesa, Arizona. Well planned lessons were given and lively discussions were contributed by the members throughout the classes.
This evening we called a few of our kids and grandkids, the ones that were home at least. We used a phone in the mission office called the “Vongage phone”. It can be called from any place in the world for the same rate as calling Utah. We can call on this line for free anyplace in the world! It uses “voice over the internet” so once the small monthly subscription fee is paid, we have unlimited long distance calling anywhere in the world. Ya…. That’s cool!
We also were able to see Jared, Tere & kids with our webcam. Ya… That’s way cool too. We will be using the web cam a lot in the future. We really enjoyed talking to and seeing our family. It makes us feel like we aren’t 4 thousand miles when we really are. We enjoy our family so much and making the discussion to serve a mission was difficult but things like the internet and the webcam really makes serving the Lord anyplace in the world a bit more like home.
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