Liberty

Many preparations in the school over the last month cumulated last Friday morning in a march to celebrate the Dominican Republic's Independence Day. The actual dia de la independencia was Saturday, February 27, but here in the Dominican Republic where the people are proud of their heritage and nation, the focus of the entire month of February is liberty and celebrating the founding fathers of this country.


Grades 5-12 took part in the march, beginning outside the school, and ending half an hour later in the baseball field of Juan Tomás, where we were joined by the local public school. Our history teacher here at Fountain of Life directed the patriotic activities and presentations, which included not only poems and dramatic presentations of how the Dominican Republic came to be a free nation, but also the GOSPEL, presented by some of our students. We have been blessed by some very committed and hard-working Christian students here, who are a light to their classmates and the village. Please continue to pray for the many students and families of Juan Tomás as they remember their independence, that many more would see their need for true freedom in Jesus Christ.