Articles on the DR & alternate travel opportunities

[Sarah]

Hello All,

I believe that anyone on dr1.com will enjoy reading about Transformational
Journeys, an organization I've been involved with since it's inception 5
years ago, and our work in the DR. These articles are from the Kansas City
(Missouri, USA) Star Travel section. Let me know what you think!

Sarah

(links for this week's articles)
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansas...el/3075852.htm
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansas...el/3069399.htm
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansas...el/3069395.htm

(link to last week's article)
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansas...el/3007143.htm

(It may be necessary to cut and paste the links into your address bar.)

My Homepage: http://communities.msn.com/SarahsJourneys/
My Villa Nizao Photo Album:
http://communities.msn.com/SarahsJou...obarahona.msnw

[Meredith]

Thanks for the articles, all really interesting, as well as the pictures. It seems like so many people had amazing experiences, as well as being exposed to the beautiful country and culture. Is Villa Nizao, a barrio, campo, batey? What your work purely missionary or do you do as well issue analysis, etc.

[Sarah]

Meredith,

Villa Nizao is a mountainside village of about 300, just north of Paraiso on the southwest coast. They were devastated by Hurricane Georges in 1998, and are just beginning to see the fruits of their rebuilding efforts!

Transformational Journeys is a registered 501(c) (3) non-profit charitable organization dedicated to overseas travel and humanitarian service in the countries of Brazil, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, and Kenya. Headquarters are in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Our mission statement is: To develop vision, inspire compassion, and promote generosity through mutual service with people of other cultures. We believe there are powerful possibilities for human transformation when partnerships of mutual service are created between radically different cultures. Paradigms can shift when affluent North Americans are involved in altruistic activity that benefits communities in need. Trips are humanitarian, ecumenical, missionary, school groups, church groups, corporate team-building, etc. We tailor trips to the need of the area we are traveling to, as well as the desires and talents of the participants involved. You can learn more at our website: www.tjourneys.com.

Sarah