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April 1, 2025

Dear Friends and Sponsors,

I have 100 photos to send, but have to limit them to 30. So much happens in one week, not to mention one month! I started the month of March at a pastors’ wives retreat in the mountains. It was such a blessing to pour into the lives of other women in ministry and be blessed in return. Calvary Academy from Lakewood, NJ came with their senior class March 1-8. First they painted the church, school and new parsonage in Sabaneta, lots of work! They blessed the churches with their ministry, and were prayed over at Gemuel’s church. We visited Haitian schools where we gave out presents and measured the kids’ height and weight for our Convoy of Hope report. They ministered in the La Vega Christian School chapels, too. During their beach day, 7 students were baptized! God did so much in and through the 15 students and 7 chaperones.

The following week we received a hard-working team from Iowa. This is the 4th year they have come. They worked on the foundation of the new music room at LVCS. We held a 2 day dental and medical clinic in the Haitian school in Rio Verde, where we saw over 300 patients. We visited more Haitian schools to measure the children, and gave out 200 bags of food, going door to door in some of the poorest communities imaginable. We are so grateful for these teams who raise money to come, to build, to paint, to share their talents with other members of the family of God. We also gave away two cases of New Testaments in Creole.

Liberty Ministries was in San Juan de la Maguana this year, so we drove over to be with them. I translated 4 times in 3 days, in services and a special ladies’ meeting. What a joy to see people come forward for salvation! People are hungry for the Lord. It’s always a joy to minister with this group, which has been coming to the DR since 1986.

From March 18-28 we hosted a group of 13 from Wyoming and Montana. The men worked on the music room, getting the walls up and columns formed. The women organized all the English books in our school library and taught in several classes. We painted the school in Cenovi, and measured the students there and 2 other schools. They loved the Haitian church service on Sunday morning.

On Saturday, March 29 we had our monthly meeting and training session with the pastors and teachers from all 17 schools for Haitian children. That day we fed 86. I am happy to see them desiring to learn to be better teachers and administrators. We have over 1000 students in all those schools, and they deserve our very best.

We had some serious setbacks this month, for which I am asking for prayer. Pastor Danes from Barranca lost his brother, age 25, from kidney failure. The assistant pastor’s wife from Sabaneta was taken by immigration, but is now home, thanks to a special offering. Pastor Alex’s van was taken by Immigration officials. He still doesn’t have it back. The fine is almost $2000 dollars. One pastor had two accidents in 2 days. Some of our sponsors have special health needs. We know that God answers prayer, so we won’t stop praying and believing.

Thank you for helping us educate, feed and love these precious Haitian children. Your offering is very important to us and to the children. Your prayers are also very important. We all appreciate you very much.

Remember, you can sponsor or donate easily online using your checking account or credit card here.

If you prefer to write a check, make it out to Teach Feed Love and mail to Teach Feed Love C/O TMCI, PO BOX 1761, Columbia, SC 29202.

To find out about bringing a missions team, contact us via email and check out the details on our website, www.dominicanmissions.org (Short Term Missions Trip to Dominican Republic details at that link)

Thank you again, and God bless you. Feel free to contact me if you have prayer requests, questions or concerns, or just to say hi!

Love and Prayers,

Your missionaries Debbie and Mitch Martinez