This is a story from the Dominican Republic from Emily Tissot who is currently sefving as an FYM in the Dominican Republic. If you want to check out more from her blog page you can do so by clicking on this link http://emilytissot.myadventures.org/. This is a great way for you guys to get to know more about what is going on in the D.R.

Our trip into the mountains was incredible and more than that it was truly inspiring.
 We lived with the Pastora (Carlota) and her entire family in a rather small and cramped house. They live without electricity, running water (most of the time) and literally climb a mountain every morning to go anywhere. These people are warriors and for a time I got to share in the experience with them.
 Arriving the first day we soon realized that Mountain Time and city time differ greatly from one another. Everything and nothing is an inconvenience. People show up, or don't, to anything they feel like invited or not. Our first church service we learned composed of 5 female members (the sole members of the church) and us. (Oh plus kids) It never had a set time or place for church.
Visiting friends late at night or scrubbing clothes early in the morning it was church time. Preaching, singing worship of every form and jokes were told whether surrounded for four dirty/sanctified walls or not. This is the church: