Prostitution, Drugs, Alcohol...

Some may categorize these three things as major social problems here in the Dominican. I believe not only are they social problems but spiritual strongholds & powers which have many Dominicans imprisoned in the cyclical patterns of self- destruction & despair. The young adults from my church have felt God calling us to reach out to the marginalized trapped in these areas of darkness. Pray for God's reign to dethrone these principalities of darkness that for years have been in control in Jarabacoa & the Dominican Republic as a whole.

I also ask you to pray for protection as this kind of warfare for the Kingdom of He who is ultimately victorious does not happen without counter attack. Last night Popin (our head pastor) dislocated & slightly fractured his shoulder/arm while taking out some garbage at church after our Thursday night prayer service. He fell in a hole, made by no human hands. Apparently due to the rains & slight earthquake yesterday where he turned & stepped the ground gave & he fell in a hole that today was measured as being 8 feet. While we don't suffer persecution in the Dominican as many of our brothers & sisters do around the world, we are under attack. Please pray for protection & perseverance of the church in the Dominican aggressively pursuing & working for the Kingdom to come as well as for our brothers & sisters all over this earth who are suffering on all levels for the name of our Lord & Savior.