Ouch! That sends a whirl wind of emotions..

view from the mountain road

In 22 days we will be on a plane beginning a new chapter in our lives.  Ouch! That sends a whirl wind of emotions through my body!  It is funny to think that the first month we moved to the D.R., I was crying and now with the last month of living in the D.R., I am crying again.  But for different reasons.  Yesterday Josh and I took one last ‘moto’ ride adventure together.  We chose the mountain road that cuts through this beautiful mountain and takes you to a nearby major city, Santiago.  It is about an hour and a half long drive one way.  As we passed by beauty that pictures cannot do justice, my heart grew sad for a moment.  I wanted to ask the Lord, “why can’t we stay?” .  And then I just whispered, “Thank you Lord for allowing us to serve here; Thank you for giving us the blessing to serve You here on this beautiful island that You created;  Thank you for rocking my world two years ago, thank you for teaching me that You are enough”. 

We only have a few short weeks before we arrive on American soil and we do not know where the Lord for sure is leading (though there are some options opening up).  We DO know that He has ALWAYS provided and that He has ALWAYS been faithful.  In those truths, we will continue to pray and seek His direction for our family day by day.  We will inform you of the exciting news as the Lord surprises us with it!  For now, we are blessed with the remaining days tying up loose ends, starting the packing process, and walking through some hard, but wonderful goodbyes.

We look forward to meeting up with many of you and catching up with what the Lord has been doing in your lives as well. 

Trusting in Him,

The Menolds

Johan: a teacher at the school, Spanish tutor, and friend!

D.R. skies are breath taking!

Juan: Makarios driver until diagnosed with Cancer. We brought dinner and fellowship together.Thankful for time with him and his family.

This man sets up his mobile stand every night at the end of our street.  Love his chef outfit!

Bucket List: ride the Teleferico (cable car up a Mt. Isabel)

Tate was asked to join their band ..he always wanted to play that local instrument. 

The interns and staff member, Dena, joined us.

Had to throw a picture of this wild child in!

This is Allison, she was the intern nanny for us for 6 weeks this summer.

Tate in summer school

Tate and Professor Belizeur

Aribella and her Professora, Bella

Going to miss the fresh fruit!!

Will definitely miss the D.R. advertising gimmicks.

This sweet lady has this 'store' on the mountain road.

Never could buy our meat from one of these places...nope, could not do it.

Josh preaching at Templo Biblico

Felix, on the left, is one of our good friends from church.

This man is Miguel, the watchie for the Makarios house.

Miguel took pride in protecting our family and staff.  Will miss him much.

Had to capture the 'safety' going on here.  This is a usual happening here on the island.