Leo and Elizabeth Escalante — Missionaries in Dominican Republic

TOMORROW, Monday, April 4th the Chronological Bible Podcast will begin! On anchor.fm/chronological-bible-l2q you can find a link to your favorite Podcast provider.  

Check Facebook &/or Instagram tonight for this week’s reading list from the New Testament.  We’d love to have you join us on this journey!

We are excited to share the ⬆️ above project with you!  We have participated in a similar group in Spanish here in Jarabacoa each year since 2014 & it has been such a blessing to our lives!  Last year the Lord placed on Elizabeth’s heart to do a similar group in English.  Here is the birth of that dream which for many months a team of American, Canadian & Dominican brothers & sisters have come alongside to help bring to life. 

As we continue to serve as part of the pastoral team at Amor a Quisqueya, Elizabeth also began in December of 2021 to serve at the Christian school, Doulos Discovery, where Amelia, Jonas & Eliot attend.  God opened the door there as a source of helping to supplement our income.  She is serving this year as High School Teaching Assistant, proctoring online math classes, substituting, translating, & many different ways which the Lord is opening to build relationships with students, staff & families.  As pastors, every day also brings different challenges & tasks ranging from: discipling new believers, administrative tasks, leading prayer & worship, pastoral counseling, visiting the sick & mentoring (among other things). 

PRAYER REQUESTS: 
November 2, 2021 Leo’s father was also operated on to remove a polyp from his larynx which resulted in the diagnosis of Stage III Throat CancerRafael (Siro) underwent 7 weeks of chemotherapy and daily radiation.  Oncologists & treatment is an hour away in Santiago, so there have been many long days, especially for Leo & his dad.  Post chemo & radiation he underwent a slew of tests including a PET Scan in Santo Domingo.  There was an area of concern in a bone on his PET Scan, possibly consistent with metastasis.  He saw the oncologist last Monday (Mar. 28) & is currently doing more tests to have a bone biopsy & further study of the area (iliac bone). We continue to pray for COMPLETE HEALING, health, protection & provision!

In addition to our monthly budget needs, we are praying for a 7-Passenger Vehicle for family & ministry use.  We currently have one 5-passenger vehicle (which these days tends to be going to & from the cancer center in Santiago leaving Elizabeth & the kids on foot).  For years we have been praying for a second vehicle and we pray that the time for this dream to be a reality would be now. 

We sincerely thank you for your partnership with us in what God is doing in & through us in the DR.  We thank the Lord every time we remember each of you!

There are now multiple ways you can make a tax-deductible donation!
The church and ministry FCAQ is now registered in the US as a 501(c)(3) as
“Love to Quisqueya”.  
Whether you send your support through our church in the DR,
“Love to Quisqueya,” or our home/sending church in Iowa,
please include a note indicating: 
Support for Escalantes, Vehicle Fund, etc. 
(If you designate your support to a specific purpose,
we will use it for that specific purpose!)


To send your donations through our church in the DR,
Love to Quisqueya:
Checks should be written to:  Love to Quisqueya
And sent to:  Love to Quisqueya
519 N 19th St
Denison, IA 51442

***Donors may send questions/communication/request direct deposit/receive receipts/etc. by email: [email protected]


To send your donations through our Home Church in Iowa:

Checks should be written to:First Baptist Church
And sent to:Dominican Republic Ministry
PO Box 220
Kiron, IA 51448

***Donors may contact Stephanie Ballantine about automatic payments or receipts by email:[email protected]