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Our High School Mission Team - will be serving Christ in the Dominican Republic on August 1 – 10. Please keep them in your prayers – to be filled with and listen to the Holy Spirit, to learn the lessons God has in store for
them, to stay healthy (please, God!) and to return home safely to their families and church family.
The Mission Team - was installed during the July 26, 2009 Worship Service. Team members include Abigail Cooksey, Student Leader, Jordan Orlandi, Student Leader, Chris Breedlove, Anne Buie, Chris Campbell, Kevin Campbell, Andie Fuller, Lea Fuller, Caity Howell,Matt Long, Grant McNeill, Jacqueline McNeill, Meghan Neal, Ashley Norman, Rachel Payne, Zach Stroud, Taylor Rowe and adult leaders: Carol Harris, Rock Harris, Kristie Szyeller and Dan Zidaroff.
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The Dominican Republic is a Caribbean country that occupies the eastern two-thirds of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. The western one-third of Hispaniola is occupied by the country of Haiti. To the north lies the North Atlantic Ocean, while the Caribbean Sea lies to the south.
The Carmel High School Mission trip will be serving in the town of Monte Plata – which is a landlocked city in central part of DP. The group will be flying in and out of Santo Domingo – which is on the water (see the map above, it in the south part of the Dominion Republic)! Monte Plata is a province of the Dominican Republic, and also the name of its capital city. It was split from San Cristóbal in 1992.
History
Monte Plata was founded with the towns of Monte Cristi and Puerto Plata, which were destroyed by disposition of the king of Spain of the epoch and executed by Antonio Ozorio Governor of the Island, both towns gave name, they united Monte of Monte Cristi and calling it Plata Puerto Plata Monte Plata, were 87 neighbors that is to say heads of families the ones that founded to Monte Plata.
Culture
The main cultural wealth that have are its elements folk, dances, songs, stories, oral traditions and written, historic monuments, their popular religiousness, beliefs. These the mountainous foothills they form it, their rivers and gaps, which constitute a great wealth the tourism.
Sport
In spite of the so many changes dated, this province and its municipalities still maintain the hope that that sports event be celebrated there The communities of this province expect that through that sports event arrive them the improvement of its living conditions, that is to say, solutions in its communication routes, aqueducts, dwellings and other facilities. The Monte Plata province occupies one of the highest indices of poverty of the country. For such reason, the sports leaders, the athletes and the Silver Mount citizens and the municipalities of Large Savannah of Boyá, Bayaguana and Yamasá show anxiety when they refer to the celebration of the National Play. The provincial leaders Isaac Ogando, Happy Severino, Luis Mazara, Holy Angel Peguero and Amaury Warlike they expressed to [TO] HOUR that the communities of there are very attentive to everything that happens around the event and, although they feel frustrated by the so many changes dated, still they maintain their hopes. "The only hope of this town is in the word of the president of the Republic, Hipólito Mejía, who in innumerable occasions has assured that the XIII National Play are a commitment of its government and that will be celebrated after the pan-american, specifically in March of 2004, and we believe", said Ogando, although recognized that the so many promises maintain to the communities of the province in a total skepticism. It admitted that, although the Silver Mount province is recognized as a bastion of the Dominican Revolutionary Party, where the extinct leader of that organization José Francisco Rock Gómez had great emotional connection, if the Play are not celebrated there is almost sure that a massive race toward other political forces arise. "The people here is not 'foolish' and is very attentive, and the sample is that no matter how wherever you move the people questions you and wants encouraging informations originating from a sure source and, being realist, many times wanted to remain me quiet for have not that to admit the reality".
Monte Plata:
- Geographical coordinates: 18° 48' 0" North, 69° 47' 0" West
- Geographical location: Monte Plata, Dominican Republic, Central America
- Original name: Monte Plata
High School Mission Team to Serve Christ in the Dominican Republic