Record-Journal reporter Dan Champagne recently spent nine days in La Romana, Dominican Republic, with the Dominican Republic Mission Team. He sent daily journal reports and photos back from the DR, and also compiled several feature stories on this mission to the very poor.

Below are links to these stories and photos, as well as other press regarding the DR Mission Team. They are PDF files - you will need the free Adobe Reader to view them.
   
   


Dan Champagne's Journal
Daily Journal from the DR - July 1 - July 10, 2006

Feature Stories by Dan Champagne from La Romana - Record-Journal
Life is Hard in the Sugarcane Villages of the Dominican Republic - Sunday, August 6, 2006
The Administrator: Moises Sifren - Sunday, August 6, 2006
The Volunteer: John Powers - Sunday, August 6, 2006
Their Strength Comes from God - Monday, August 7, 2006
Baseball is Everywhere, and the Big Leagues are the Dream - Monday, August 7, 2006
Wallingford Resident Helps with Purification System - Tuesday, August 8, 2006
Families on a Mission - Tuesday, August 8, 2006
Moya Family - They Always Had Their Faith - Tuesday, August 8, 2006

Editorial on Central Romana Sugar Companay by City Editor Eric Cotton
A Sweet Deal for One Family - Sunday, August 13, 2006

Wadsworth Foundation Supports Maranatha Concert in Wallingford
Maranatha concert benefits Dominican Republic hospital

Wallingford Rotary Facilitates Donation - Record-Journal
AT&T donates generator to Dominican hospital

AT&T Donates Generator to Good Sam Hospital - Middletown Press
Generator presented to DR hospital adminstrator

Generator Donated to Help DR Hospital - New Haven Register
Gift will provide desperately-needed power for hospital

Photo Report on Maranatha Concert
Dominican Band Thrills 400+ at Concert in Wallingford


The 2006 Dominican Republic Mission Team.