WINTER 2023-2024 11 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAWAII Dominican Republic DBU students, faculty, and staff spent a week in the Dominican Republic leading camps and sharing the Gospel with local children and youth as well as helping with various painting and clean-up projects in the communities they visited. Shelby Weatherly, Director of Global Missions, also helped to lead 11 students to serve in the Dominican Republic with ministry partner Palabra de Vida. Marcelo Diez, a DBU alumnus, hosted the group who was given the opportunity to participate in a skit that presents the Gospel at local schools. Students were also able to partner and serve with young adults who live at the Palabra de Vida camp. Hawaii Dr. Ross O’Brien, Director of the Graduate School of Business, led a group of aspiring business entrepreneur students to the beautiful island of Hawaii to learn about the coffee industry, visiting local farms and specialty coffee shops. Students made presentations on the history, geography, sociology, economics, and business of coffee, as well as how the industry of coffee production and sales is alleviating poverty and providing opportunities to spread the good news of Jesus. HAWAII DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
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