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Luilly and Yanny Ovalle were delighted to be chosen to distribute food to the most needy in their neighbourhood. Eager to see the people’s reactions, they knocked on their doors and invited them to their house for a surprise blessing. As the people came, they rejoiced with them in the bounty of a big bag of groceries for each household. Some recipients were moved to tears.
Luilly and Yanny Ovalle pictured with Walter and Carol
Dominican Vision put Yanny through University. She got an Education degree and found a position at a school in Maranatha. DVI is also helping Luilly pay off his motorcycle so he can go to work. They too, cooked their meals from the same handout of rice, eggs, beans, milk, flour, oil, salami, tomato sauce. Even with both of them working, they cannot afford a private school for their autistic son on their meager wages. They pray for us always and are hugely blessed to be part of our distribution team. They rejoiced in the Lord and are grateful, because the Lord has done much through DVI.
In the far-away village of Vallecito, an hour’s walk past the end of the road, a mother of 13 is at her wits end. There’d been very little food in the cramped, dirty, leaky hut for as long as she can remember. Her children are weighing on her heart. It has become too much to see them so hungry every day, and not be able to give them enough. Perhaps they’d get one meal a day if the oldest manages to sell their avocados at a good price in the market. This morning, she sent them all to stay with their father. It’s his turn to care for them. He can’t possibly provide less than I.
Meanwhile, Katy and Winston, a devoted couple from Los Charimicos on the north coast of Dominican Republic, had received some money from Dominican Vision Inc to buy food and distribute it to needy people. They were eager to help, and packed up the food they’d purchased in their old truck to make the journey to the road’s end. There, someone from the village met them with a donkey to haul the groceries, as they walked an hour to the village.
Finally they saw the humble shacks sprawled out over the countryside. Many of the people came running out to meet them. They were well known and recognized for their kind and generous hearts. Some of the villagers had received solar powered mp3 players of the whole bible. They were being strengthened in their spiritual walk. They listened to them while working in their fields, and then again with their families in the evening, discussing God’s truths and praying together. Families were being strengthened.
From one shack, a multitude of children came scampering out, eager to see the strangers. Katy asked them where their mom or dad was. “He’s inside. Come see.” She pulled Katy into the humble abode. After explaining to the man what they were doing there, he still seemed bewildered. “But why are you giving food to us? You have nothing to gain here. I don’t understand.” Katy and Winston shared about God’s love for everyone, and how even Canadians, who have never been to our land, give money so that we can buy food for those who need it most. “Well, I certainly need it more than ever today. My wife just sent me 13 children to feed! This must be the hand of God!”
After more discussion, Winston and Katy had the joy of leading this man to the Lord. He and his wife are now together again. They now have hope for a better life for their children and, day by day, with neighbour’s support and strength from the Lord, they are rising above their situation.
Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind, for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. Psalm 107: 8-9
A woman and her mentally challenged girl were in dire straits. The usual skimpy meals had dwindled down to practically nothing since the pandemic. No one had extras to give them. The only recourse she could think of was begging on the streets. Unthinkable with a handicapped daughter! She could imagine the ridicule and shame they would both have to endure. God save us from such a fate as this!
But Pastor Antonio, better known as Nego by his friends, knew this women. So when Dominican Vision made funds available to him to distribute food to the most needy, this woman and her daughter were spared and their prayers answered. Now they have food for one good meal each day. They are so happy.
“We used to have no food. Now we have some groceries to make supper.”
