Tropical Storm Noel

Thanks for all your prayers over the last few days. Tropical Storm Noel hit the island hard on Sunday evening. Monday morning, the rivers were beginning to surge, but many kids came to school anyway. Within an hour, we had to cancel school because the impending threat of rising waters. Jarabacoa sits between two major rivers, the Yaque (the largest in the country) and the Jimenoa. On Monday morning, there were already three bridges in the country that had collapsed due to high waters.

The Secretary of Education made the call that classes were cancelled until Thursday, but we still took it a day at a time to see if we could begin classes before Thursday.

The rains finally settled down on Wednesday and we had our first day back on today (Thursday). Thankfully, none of our families were affected by the storm. Many of our sponsored students live near the river, but their homes were safe.

Please continue to pray for those who have lost their homes on the island, both here in the Dominican Republic and our neighbor, Haiti.