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"Make the church aware of the need |
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Berly and Jamie
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Missionaries
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Jamie (Kruger) first went to the field as a single missionary
in 2000. She met Berly Bello, son of Dominican A/G
Superintendent, and they were married in January 2004. Now they
minister together as a missionary couple. Their primary ministry
focus is directing the newly developed National Teen Ministries
in the Dominican Republic, aka "MDA - Ministerio de
Adolescentes". The vision is to develop strategic teen
ministries in every local A/G church in order to WIN all
Dominican teenagers for Christ, BUILD them up in their faith,
and SEND them out to win others to Christ. The national "MDA"
team has 3 principal priorities for achieving the overall
vision: mentoring leaders, motivating students to action, and
modeling purpose driven team ministry. Pray for Jamie &
Berly and the MDA team as God opens new doors to change the
lives of teenagers and youth leaders in the Dominican Republic
and around the world. Pray especially for Jamie & Berly as
they itinerate throughout the Northwest and endeavor to DOUBLE
their ministry support team. They need to raise $4500 in new
monthly pledges and another $52,000 cash for the operations and
projects of National Teen Ministries for the next 5 years.
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Dominican
Republic Facts
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Natural hazards: Lies
in the middle of the hurricane belt & subject to
severe storms June to October; occasional flooding;
periodic droughts |
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Population: 8,950,034 |
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Population growth: 1.29% |
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HIV/AIDS rate: 1.7% |
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People living with
HIV: 88,000 |
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HIV/AIDS deaths: 7,900 |
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Ethnic groups: White 16%, black 11%,
mixed 73% |
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Religions: Roman Catholic 95% |
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Languages: Spanish |
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Literacy: 84.7% |
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Government: Representative
democracy |
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Capital: Santo Domingo |
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