What I learned about Cacao Pods, By Theo
1.  They start from a flower. 2.  They grow on the side of a tree trunk.

Nathan's blog on the Dominican Republic
When I was in the village of Ascension in the Dominican Republic I hiked up a steep road that was as rocky as a dried up riverbed. As I trudged up the hill I saw plain cinderblock houses and smelled many unpleasant odors radiating from the small houses lining the road. Walking up the road I saw many things; I noticed children running around barefoot and playing with trash. I saw people sitting around doing nothing because they di

Ethan's blog on one day in the Dominican Republic
Today when I got up I was super tired. I got up but only because I didn’t want to miss breakfast. After breakfast everyone got onto the bus to go to Aguas Negras, a town where we were going to help build a house. Also some of the girls in our group were going to get makeovers because there was a shop that did it and we wanted to help them out with their business.

This is What You, our Supporters Did in the Dominican Republic:
To all of our dear prayer and financial supporters, your job is so important and we wanted you to know what YOU did for two and a half weeks in one of the poorest nations: YOU helped serve food to hungry children

Reflections on serving the poor in the Dominican Republic
Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.  Mother Teresa Juan Carlos was one of the first students at t