God made you - What's His plan for you?

“Lord, I ask You for a vision of Your will for me.  My life cannot be successful unless I desire to be whom You called me to be.  I want to be a godly person.  I want my time, abilities, talents to bring honor to You.  In Jesus’ name.  Amen.”   Tony Chan

Dominican Adventure!

Great time in the Dominican Republic but returned exhausted. The trip had equal amounts of struggle and blessings. I thank all of you for praying for Dana and I. We definitely needed your prayers as plans changed, storms came and many obstacles to overcome. It was a strong spiritual battle at times so we are not just exhausted physically but also mentally and spiritually.

The children and staff at the Deaf school blessed us so much. Since my ASL skills have improved, I was able to communicate with the staff, students and visiting African teacher. I did not remember much Spanish from my high school days. I always think (and speak occasionally) in Chinese when I am in any foreign country! Crazy but true.

The teaching technique I used seemed to work well. The problem was two of my students knew no sign language. Not certain they benefited but enjoyed the coloring and craft time.

Here are a few observations of my two weeks in Hata Mayor:

Never saw even one person smoking

Third world countries have many similarities

Will never take for granted having running water (without water for 4 days so collected rain water for flushing toilet, showers and washing hair)

Gasoline was $8 a gallon so few cars but many motorbikes

So encouraged by the commitment of the teaching staff for the welfare of the students