The final service of this year's MO-YOM trip was indeed a life-changing one! This was the one service of this year's trip that was primarily geared toward evangelizing those that needed to receive the Holy Ghost for the first time. After evangelizing the local neighborhood and communities, the church gathered together for a service. We sang 4 or 5 worship songs, the pastor exhorted the crowd, and then the YOM Choir sang 2 songs in Spanish. A handful of the YOM team shared incredible testimonies before and in-between the choir songs - Seneatha Clayton, Tyler Mays, Michelle Wickett, Alex Gates, and Alisha Logan. YOM staff members Lance Wickett and Dustin Williams tag-team preached the service, and many unsaved people responded at the altars. 5 were filled with the Holy Ghost for the very first time during the service, and several backsliders were re-filled!!! We had a terrific dinner at a local restaurant here in Santiago - steak, chicken, ribs, and many side dishes. After a long day like this, the YOM team rejoiced at the sight of a full plate of food! Lives are being transformed forever down here in the Dominican Republic. See photos from Day 7 - http://picasaweb.google.com/moyouth2/YOM10DRDay7# MOYouth YouTube Channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/moyouth

This morning we had another breakfast meal at the hotel here in Santiago, Dominican Republic and launched out to one of the local churches for a children's service. When we got there the kids were cheering in the street and church building - and there were a LOT of kids (our estimates are about 500). Many of the children came off the streets and the entire situation was pretty chaotic; no one really anticipated such a huge turn-out. We eventually made it into the building and set up the puppet stage. The YOMers did 3 puppet songs (including good ol' "Father Abraham"), with YOMers Brooke Smith and Amanda Godbey introducing each song and encouraging the kids to sing along and remember what the song meant. After the puppet show, YOMer Haleigh Hohman taught a lesson about David and Goliath and how we need not fear things because God is on our side. YOMers Bradly DeLong and Mariah Garcia acted out the scenes - the kids really enjoyed that! We had a time of prayer with the kids, but we had to take a crowd of them outside; there simply wasn't enough room to maneuver inside the church building! We left the church and made our way to the mall for lunch and a little shopping time, after which we headed back to the hotel to rest up for tonight's final service of the YOM trip! Photos from Day 7 here - http://picasaweb.google.com/moyouth2/YOM10DRDay7# MOYouth YouTube Channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/moyouth

Whew! Today was a big day. It was our sightseeing day here on the YOM trip, so we got up, ate breakfast here at the hotel, and traveled about 1.5 hours to the area that we'd be doing all our fun activities We went to a big mountain and rode a cable car up to the top. About 2/3 the way up, we went up into the clouds! Clouds covered the top of the mountain and we spent about 40min up at the summit in the cloudy misty fog. For most the YOMers, it was the first such experience they'd ever had; we all had a great time taking pictures and checking out the awesome unique sights from the cable car ride and mountaintop. We could see the entire city and even the ocean on the way up the mountain! Talk about a breathtaking view. From there we left and went to lunch at a local restaurant where we ate a meal of chicken, rice, avocados, and other Dominican-style side dishes. After lunch we went to the go-kart tracks and spent a few hours racing each other. The photos from the go-karts are sure to be entertaining! Then the YOM Team headed towards our dinner restaurant, "El Chorro" (a Mexican restaurant). The restaurant was right across the street from the ocean, so we spent about 25min wading in the ocean. It was many YOMers first time visiting the ocean! Although is was a quick visit at the ocean, everyone was really happy that we got to wade around and take some memorable photos. We had a great dinner of tacos, enchiladas, and burritos, complete with homemade juice drinks and Dominican dessert. We just arrived back at our hotel for the night. All of today's photos are uploading! Tomorrow will be a big day of evangelism and services; please pray with us for the outreach efforts and both of the services. Thank you so much for the comments and prayers so far throughout this year's MO-YOM trip!!! See Day 6 photos here - http://picasaweb.google.com/moyouth2/YOM10DRDay6 MOYouth YouTube Channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/moyouth

We just got back to our hotel in Managua. Tonight we had a great time eating at "la Frinca" with the Missionary, Steve Nix and his fellow workers. Afterwards, we went to his home in Managua for home-made cake dessert called "tres leches" which means "three milks". We had orientation and prayer with the entire YOM group, and then learned three new (Spanish) choir songs to sing at tomorrow night's service! The MO-YOM Sign Team is up late practicing right now for the song that they'll sign in the service. We're all excited about visiting the market tomorrow morning, and even more excited about the great work that God is going to do in tomorrow night's Youth Rally service! Keep the service in your prayers! All of today's photos are posted at http://picasaweb.google.com/MOYouth09