{"id":319,"date":"2021-10-08T15:08:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T15:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/?p=319"},"modified":"2024-11-21T16:01:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T16:01:27","slug":"my-familys-mission-to-provide-service-to-the-dr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/08\/my-familys-mission-to-provide-service-to-the-dr\/","title":{"rendered":"My Family&#8217;s Mission to Provide Service to the DR"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"319\" class=\"elementor elementor-319\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-10c0723 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"10c0723\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d78b1d1\" data-id=\"d78b1d1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02c7ac5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"02c7ac5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">My Family's Mission to Provide Service to the DR<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d4fa05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d4fa05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We were finally able to bring dental supplies to the extremely poor in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The community we were in was extremely grateful (and that\u2019s an understatement) and now they have enough supplies to last them for years thanks to our friends Lan at 32 Dental Practice, Rory Sprouse of Sprouse Dental and Stephanie Cann and Dr. Kwon at Kwon Pediatric Dentistry.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-806fc6a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"806fc6a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-41ce335\" data-id=\"41ce335\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a0f4b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7a0f4b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Dominican-Republic-Mission-768x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-278\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Dominican-Republic-Mission-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Dominican-Republic-Mission-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Dominican-Republic-Mission-1152x1536.webp 1152w, https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Dominican-Republic-Mission-1536x2048.webp 1536w, https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Dominican-Republic-Mission.webp 1708w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b5db6a\" data-id=\"7b5db6a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a09bd52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a09bd52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Dominican-Republic-Dental-Mission-768x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-279\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Dominican-Republic-Dental-Mission-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Dominican-Republic-Dental-Mission-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Dominican-Republic-Dental-Mission-1152x1536.webp 1152w, https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Dominican-Republic-Dental-Mission-1536x2048.webp 1536w, https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Dominican-Republic-Dental-Mission.webp 1708w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13aeee2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13aeee2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There are millions here that live on about 1\/3 of the monthly income of my friend\u2019s in the slums of Tijuana, Mexico who work in the US factories making $195 a week. 1\/3 of $195 a week.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The population of the DR is about 10.5 million- 20% expats and some rich, the rest- extremely poor, per American standards.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But, as my new friend Mike says, this is the mindset here of the plenty who live on almost nothing\u2026<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: #000000;\">\u201cToday the sun is shining, great, I can put my clothes out to dry\u2026.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Oh, today is raining? 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