I hope you are all enjoying a blessed New Year and had a restful holiday season. After a delay in San Juan Puerto Rico, I finally made it home and spent some quality time with the many relatives staying in my parent's house in Champaign, IL. Unfortunately, I caught a bad cold and developed a low grade sinus infection and a touch of bronchitis just before New Years Eve. I am slowly recovering and am very thankful that I took some personal days to stay in the US until this coming weekend and attend a friend's wedding . It has been a huge blessing to rest, eat my mother's cooking, take hot showers, and visit with friends and family. However, I do miss my new friends and students in the DR. I think that you end up leading two lives once you have learned to love a new country.
You are all invited to hear about my experiences during the past 5 months while teaching in the Dominican Republic. I will be showing a slide show and talking about what life is like living in Jarabacoa and teaching at Doulos Discovery School. There will be coffee and juices from the DR afterwards. I look forward to being able to reconnect with many of you and hopefully provide you with a glimpse of what my life is like in the DR. I also want to be able to say thank you to all of the people who have been supporting me in so many ways. Please feel free to bring friends and family who might be interested in hearing more about what I’m doing.
Date: Wednesday, January 9th 2008
Time: 7:30-8:30 PM
Location: New Covenant Fellowship
Directions: corner of Randolph and White St. in Champaign, IL
I began working for Doulos Discovery School in August 2007. Doulos is a private, bilingual, Christian school, in the Dominican Republic, Caribbean Sea where I am teaching science, art and devotionals and learning to rely on the Lord for all things.
Check out more pictures from the DR!
Funding
Thank you to everyone who has become involved in supporting me in this ministry. I have reached my funding goal of $13,000USD (including all continued monthly support). God has faithfully provided through all of you!
To make donations: (checks preferred)
Click on the following website and click on the red "donate" button. Make sure to specify the funds with my name.
http://www.doulosdiscovery.org/staff.html
**Please make all checks payable to Doulos Discovery Ministries and be sure to write “Emily Wisseman” on the memo line.
Mail checks to:
Doulos Discovery Ministries
PO Box 3080 Burnsville,
MN 55337.
All donations are tax deductible and you will receive a donation report for tax purposes. Checks with my name in the memo line will be used by the school to pay my salary.
To make donations: (checks preferred)
Click on the following website and click on the red "donate" button. Make sure to specify the funds with my name.
http://www.doulosdiscovery.org/staff.html
**Please make all checks payable to Doulos Discovery Ministries and be sure to write “Emily Wisseman” on the memo line.
Mail checks to:
Doulos Discovery Ministries
PO Box 3080 Burnsville,
MN 55337.
All donations are tax deductible and you will receive a donation report for tax purposes. Checks with my name in the memo line will be used by the school to pay my salary.
Learn more about the school I'm working for!
Prayer Requests
- Health: My stomache seems to be getting stronger (and we have a better water filter). Bless pray for continued healing and protection for my leg. I am certainly getting plenty of practice walking on what the physical therapists call "uneven surfaces"!
- Patience: This school is doing amazing things....they just take time and huge amounts of effort to pull off
- Funding: I am so blessed to have reached my funding goal! If you would like to continue to contribute to Doulos next year I would be happy to make suggestions.
- More Teachers: Doulos is looking for teachers for next year. Please spread the word.
- Rest and Rejuvenation: I am so thankful to have had my knee fixed, but my body is still healing and the daily tasks of living here wear me out.
- Do you have anything you would like me to pray for?
Emily's DR mailing Address
Emily Wisseman
Unit 3017-DDSDR
3170 Airmans Dr.
Ft. Pierce, FL
34946
Note: The DR does not have a postal system so mail is brought to the school in a private mailbag every two weeks. Don't expect any speedy deliveries! Please keep in mind that I have to pay $1.25/pound for every package I receive. I love packages, but please send a check to cover the cost of receiving a shipment. Letters are free and much appreciated.
Unit 3017-DDSDR
3170 Airmans Dr.
Ft. Pierce, FL
34946
Note: The DR does not have a postal system so mail is brought to the school in a private mailbag every two weeks. Don't expect any speedy deliveries! Please keep in mind that I have to pay $1.25/pound for every package I receive. I love packages, but please send a check to cover the cost of receiving a shipment. Letters are free and much appreciated.
Coolest things about the DR
- I have my choice of waterfalls to visit
- lush green mountains are always on the horizon
- average annual temperature= 72-85 F
- mangoes are literally falling in my backyard
About Me
- Emily Jane
- I think I could best summarize myself as an ambitious, organized, dreamer, who still manages to be something of a free spirit.
My walk to School
For more picture of my walk to Doulos check out my web album!
Links to other Doulos blogs
Quotes to Live by:
"In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love." -Mother Teresa
"Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. " -Mother Teresa
"The greatest sin of our time is not the few who have destroyed, but the vast majority who sat idly by." -Martin Luther King Jr.
"-continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose." -Philippians 2:12-13
"Humor is the shortest distance between two people." -Victor Borge
"Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. " -Mother Teresa
"The greatest sin of our time is not the few who have destroyed, but the vast majority who sat idly by." -Martin Luther King Jr.
"-continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose." -Philippians 2:12-13
"Humor is the shortest distance between two people." -Victor Borge
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