The room key lost itself to me

Today marks the end of day 5 (Wednesday) and our day was packed! We woke up bright and early and made appearances at three different schools, all private. Each school’s venue for us to play at was uniquely different - a music class, an all school Christian assembly, and an outdoor playground for the students’ free time. It was a tiring morning but very fun playing for all the students. The best news came on our drive to lunch when Hector told us that it was a near miracle for us to be able to play in two of the three schools. He explained how it is next-to-impossible to try and get the gospel into these schools and that the teachers and staff at both schools were very pleased with our music and presentation and have invited us back whenever we want to go! What a great grace that God would give! We were all so excited to hear about that…

Steve started to feel a little carsick on the way home and we dropped him off at the hotel to rest up before the night’s gig. We all got to sleep some and rest before the night where we were planning on heading into the Colonial City before our gig. The Colonial City features lots of embassies from different countries, monuments, memorials, and an awesome nightlife!



We headed over to our gig at Casa de Teatro, a jazz club that has Wednesday night jam sessions and other events throughout the week. From the moment we walked into the club, we were all super psyched to play – what a hip club! Just a few days earlier, Paquito de Rivera brought his band into play! (in case you didn’t know, he’s a pretty big deal…) For us to have the opportunity to play in the club, Hector had contacted Fernando, the man in charge of the Wednesday night sessions. The two know each other because Fernando gave Hector is first gig when he was 16! Fernando invited us not only to come and enjoy the music, but to play a set of our own music before the jam started. So we proceeded to do a set of over an hour’s worth of music and it was a TON of fun.


Great playing and great enjoyment – thank you Lord! It was also quite hot and sticky in the club, evidenced by John’s shirt:

Overall, we had a great night playing and meeting the different musicians and people in the club. We headed back fairly late at night to get as much sleep as we could for tomorrow’s day. We’re all looking forward to tomorrow and the three main things that will take up our day:

1) we are going to visit Altos de Chavon, a small ‘city’ of sorts located on the bank of a beautiful river
2) we are doing a radio interview at night for the jazz radio station in Santo Domingo
3) lastly, we will play our final gig of the tour, and our biggest/most publicized yet! We are expecting a large crowd in a formal setting with a great acoustically-sound auditorium and great lighting (Karin’s getting photo-happy already!). Most of all, we’re anticipating God’s hand in our music and through our songs and Jason and Suzanne’s explanations of them.

Looking forward to tomorrow!