Bendiciones! Blessings!

                                               Hola from the Corner family!

  Most of you already know, but on August 1, we got our van from customs! Then on August 6, our shipping container with our household goods was delivered to our home! What a feeling of relief to have our things in our possession and Joshua didn't have to spend hours and days on it anymore. We were also blessed with a crew from church to help unload and get the heavy things up the stairs. I can't imagine not having their help! We are praising the Lord that we have our things now!

We have been settling into our home, working hard in language school, going to visitation on Saturdays, attending 2 churches up until the beginning of this month, and participating in all kinds of other activities.

The boys are still learning sign language at church, and are also now in the youth choir. 
 Joshua had the opportunity to teach a soul winning class for a month at one of the churches, and it was awesome to see people excited about wanting to tell others about Jesus!


We are so thankful to be in DR, and so humbled that God would use us in this place. This country is beautiful! I'm always thrilled to see the blue-green water and the palm trees and bright flowers. But even more special are the people. The believers here have welcomed us in and want to be a help and a blessing. The lost here are in need of a Saviour, and we are so privileged to be able to point them to Jesus!  

Our family had a day after our midterms in Spanish classes, where we got to leave early after we finished our exams. We decided to celebrate a little and spend some time as a family. We went to lunch and finally got to walk by the water near the colonial zone in Santo Domingo. It was a beautiful day and we enjoyed getting out in the sunshine and relaxing a little. 

 Just this week, Joshua, Seth, Nathan, and I finished 3 months of Spanish classes at the university.! Elijah and Jared's tutor will be coming to the house one day a week, for the next month or so, to finish their class. At least Joshua and I, hope to start online classes from home now. We have learned so much, but still have so much more to go. It is a relief to not have to leave the house and fight traffic to get to the university 3 days a week, but we don't want to stop learning Spanish.

Thank you to those who pray for us, support us, and encourage us with notes! You are a blessing to us! To those that have sent love gifts to help us with the extra costs in our move, thank you!!! It is so very much appreciated!

We love ya'll!