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What a great experience we hadwith you all! It was a marveloustime and one that made it clearthat we have many things incommon in addition to our

spiritual body in Christ! It is

incredible to know that we willhave such good friends for alleternity! We think Bahamianshave a lot of cultural similaritiesto Dominicans! And how sweet itis to go deep with each other inlove, in our vision for ministry,and in the way we think I amnot the only one who wasimpacted by your visit. Thewhole group that had the honor

to be with you last week felt the presence of the Kingdom of Godin our community. They havematured in their faith through itas well, convinced that GODSlove is most intensely felt whenwe share with one another inlove, work together to advanceHis purposes, relate with eachother along The Way as we followHis call together with out

resistance, being obedient tocarry out everything He asks ofus.

We want to express to you howthankful we are for the supportyou gave us by way of resources(for the water project and theschool preparations projects), thework you offered in coming along

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side us and cleaning, painting andrepairing our Amor and VidaEducational Center. All theseimprovements will help us toserve those in need around us in

greater and greater ways. Mayour gracious God multiply in youthe blessing for your faithfulservice, fulfilling your needs and

giving you your families health.

We are also grateful to God forthe way we have grown and arestronger as a result of the visits

from brothers and sisters fromother communities of faith likeNPCC. We are more committed

to serving and transforming oururban context. You will remainin our hearts and we can say we love you and look forward tocontinuing to see each otheragain very soon.

May God continue to bless eachand every one of you abundantlywith His rich love.

Maria LopezPuertas de Sion Community Church


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Thanks for your help, our new bathrooms and

annex to the back of the building looks greatand our!holy mess" that you couragesly doveinto and organized is going to help usrestructure our limited space in a more efficientway. We are thankful for the Network, foralways thinking of us and connecting us to allof our new Kingdom friends.

May you our Bahamian brothers and sisterscontinue to serve with passion and motivate

your community to continue to do the same.Know that in Consuelo, there is a church thatdeeply appreciates you and loves you in Christ

Jesus. We will wait for your return with openarms here in the east of the RD. Onward inChrist!Remember that our work in the Lord is not invain! In Christ,

Arturo Sosa.Community Pastor, IBCC

The hardest sp i r i tua l work inthe wor ld is to love thene ighbor as the se l f toencounter another humanbe ing not as someone you canuse, change, f i x , he lp , save,enro l l , conv ince or contro l ,but s imply as someone whocan spr ing you from the pr isonof yourse l f , i f you a l low i t .Barbara Brown Tay lor

For us as a congregation, it was a great blessingto share the road together last week with ourbrothers and sisters from NPCC.

Your willingness and enthusiasm to help us in thedirty work left us all impacted and challenged.Our commitment and passion to continue servingour neighbors and the community of Consuelo wasstrengthened through your visit. Our desire is tomake the Kingdom of God present and real to our

people in such a way that they feel useful to theLord and not just another religious person. Itwas encouraging to us to hear your story and

know that God has turned on a bright light in theBahamas through you all. May that lightcontinue to burn brightly among you so thatGod#s Kingdom is revealed throughout yourislands and beyond. All of us who were with youduring the two days we spent together regret that

you were only with us for two days. We wouldhave loved it if you could have been with us longer

to shareand mutually edified.


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The experience of sharing with you our brothers and sisters from NPCC was an incredibleblessing to me. When I shared my story with you I remembered once again, just how small Iam and how great God is

Serving shoulder to shoulder with you in the kitchen I saw once again how God uses thoseexperiences to impact all of our lives. Despite being from different nations and cultures, we

share a deep bond that unites us a passion for the Kingdom of God made real here andnow!

Charlene BaezICC Friends from the Streets Ministry

I had the privilege and honor of sharing the table with you for only a few hours, but fromthat time I could sense and appreciate your passion for the dynamic actions of Godsprimary instrument for the transformation of all things the local church. I wasimpressed by your example of involving and engaging the whole family in Gods missionwe are called to along the way. I observed how relationally you as a team had built aloving and caring community among yourselves that challenges me to seek the same for

the families and friends of our church. As this was the third visit from leaders of NPCC tothe DR and the network churches, I can see a genuine interest and passion to learn aboutand experience wholistic mission as well as to a church that truly impacts and transformstheir context and beyond. Being with you was a joy! I realized that when we weretogether we play the same music

Domingo MendezIglesia Comunitaria Altos de Sion


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I Peter 38-12Summing up: Be agreeable,be sympathetic, be loving, becompassionate, be humble. Thatgoes for all of you, no exceptions.No retaliation. No sharp-tonguedsarcasm. Instead, blessthat'syour job, to bless . You'll be ablessing and also get a blessing.

Thanks again for coming to be with us and discover GodsKingdom purposes in us and for us in life, as we know it! Our

collective prayer for you is that He would continue to open youreyes to see what He sees in your neighborhoods and cities; thatthe Holy Spirit would bless your efforts to share the stories andengage others in Hillside in this Kingdom adventure; and that youwould find peace and joy in all that He guides your hands to do

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