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February Update


Happy Independence Day here in the Dominican Republic!  This marks 175th anniversary of being independent from Haiti.

PRAYER REQUESTS
Praise the Lord for Jackie, our intern arrived to Brazil safe and sound!
Praise the Lord for God’s protection over our KAI Haiti ministry these past 2 weeks!
Praise the Lord for the women in my Bible study!
Praise the Lord for the beginning of a friendship!
Praise the Lord our School in Constanza received their accreditation as an elementary school!
Praise the Lord our School in Palo Blanco received their accreditation as an elementary and high school!
Praise the Lord that we will be opening a national office here in Jarabacoa with an office manager hopefully beginning of April!

Pray for the people of the Dominican Republic.
Pray for Jan and her family as they grieve for the loss of her mom.
Pray for Haiti as there is still protesting against the government.  Pray for protection for our staff and their families, our kids and our missionary.
Pray for planning and organizing of our Women’s Retreat April 5th-7th.
Pray for wisdom as we receive applications for summer interns and who would be a good fit here in the DR and where in the DR to serve.
Pray for wisdom as we have received some missionary applicants and as they go through the process are they a good fit here in the DR.
Pray for wisdom and discernment as one candidate will be traveling here next month for a vision trip.
Pray for my spiritual life that I will daily sit at the feet of my Lord listening to His voice and being filled with more of Him and less of me.
Pray for the member care training I will be receiving in April from Safe Place Ministry along with 4 other KAI member care people.
Pray for our 10 ministry sites here in the DR as they are implementing the new trauma-sensitive care for our kids.  Pray that mindsets will be changed from how things use to be done to how they now need to be done and for unity for all our staff and leadership.
Pray for three of our missionaries, Briana, Taylor and Cassidy as they are planning their weddings for this summer.
Pray for Kelsey and Luis Miguel as they are preparing for the arrival of their baby girl in May.
Pray for Eric and Kindsey as they arrive back to the DR next week after the arrival of their baby girl, Malia.  Just for their transition.
Pray for Fred, Kasandra and Miranda as they will travel to the states for various mission conferences in March
Pray for Kaela as she will be returning in March back to the DR.
Pray for Vic & Leslie, Virgilio & Chanina (Ark Directors), Ramon & Juana (Casa Monte Plata Directors) and Victor & Damaris (President of board) as they travel to Guatemala Feb. 24th-Mar. 3rd to visit our KA Guatemala site to learn more regarding how to help kids return to their families if possible.
Pray for wisdom and discernment for our leadership here in the DR as they are looking for someone to be a director over our seven schools and someone to be a director over our three children's homes.

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