Summer Update!
Greetings friends and family.  Well, it has been busy this year at Makarios.  We now are in the midst of having our summer groups here every week this summer.  There is a new group every week.  The groups have been doing some work at the school as well as doing a VBS (Vacation Bible School) in the churches of the communities we serve.  It has been great to see these people help Makarios in such an awesome way.

 Morning ceremony before school 

School is out for the summer and will resume in August.  It ended well and we had a great program with the kids and parents to celebrate the year.  We are really looking forward to next year.

Becky has been busy with sponsorship and the communication between the sponsors and the kids.  It is a lot of work but it is neat to see the relationships grow between the two.

Darren has been busy with Director things as well as doing Doctor stuff.  It can be challenging to do both at times but it is worth it.  We had a large outbreak of bad conjunctivitis on the island so there were a ton of drops given out.  We are glad that is over now.  Darren was able to do another medical trip to Haiti over spring break which is always a beneficial experience.

Jenna and Audrey are doing well.  Jenna is still into horses and reading and reading about horses and reading while riding horses...well, you get it.

Darren with one of our Makarios co-worker's new baby

Audrey is loving school and getting to spend time with her friends as well as continuing her classes in Bujutsu.

We have made the decision to sell our house in Ohio.  It has been a challenge to rent it from overseas.  It was a tough decision as we built this house and moved in when Jenna was a few months old but we feel this is the best move for us at this time.  We are going to be back in the states for part of July and August.  We hope to be able to sell and sign papers during this time.

While we are in the states, we want to be able to visit with as many people as possible!  We will be in Cedarville, Ohio July 31st to August 7.  So, Ohio people, please let us know if you would like to get together.  We will be in Indiana and Michigan after that, so if anyone is available there we would love to see you and tell you more about what is going on with us and Makarios.

Doing heights and weights at the end of the year

We thank each and everyone for your thoughts, prayers, and financial support.  We do continue to be in a deficit of our monthly goal so, if you or anyone you know would be willing to partner with us we would be very grateful!

Working on the court in Pancho Mateo

Mak students are the cutest

Taking his medicine for worms and parasites

Let's play some hoops!

Jesus is the reason.

We hope to see you soon!!

The Youngs

Please pray for us...
1.  That our house would sell fast and for a fair amount.
2.  That we could sign the house papers when we are in the states.
3.  That God would continue to guide us and give us his wisdom and strength in our work here in the DR with Makarios.
4.  That we would be able to meet our monthly financial goals (we are about $500 short each month).