Hospitality of the Nations: Killing mosquitos

KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE

Hello everyone! Welcome to my blog. You may be wondering why this is titled "Keep the dream alive" and I hope you are. Just this month, for the first time since I began working with COTN, I realized that after my paychecks this month I will be in the red - meaning, I will have a negative balance in my account because I do not have enough financial support coming in to cover my part time salary. You can see on the left how much I have monthly and how much I need total. That means I need another $565 per month committed. That's a lot! I know it can be done though.

I am praying, and will continue to do so, that God's will is done. I love being a part of this ministry and wish to continue here. Especially since I sit in the Dominican Republic as I write this. Maybe God is calling me away from COTN, and if so then I trust Him. I don't feel that calling though. I feel called to push through and get the funds raised that are needed.

(please keep reading in post "Keep the dream alive")

***If you are new to my blog, or new to COTN, please look in the righthand side bar for JANUARY 2010 posts "A Tidbit on COTN" and "A Glimpse at the Hospitality Program" to gain some background knowledge.

July 16, 2012

Killing mosquitos

Our project was quite a unique and awesome one. We brought down something called ProVector flowers. These flowers were designed to diminish or hopefully eliminate the mosquito population, particularly in third world countries where they carry fatal diseases.

"Invented by Georgia Southern University professor Dr. Tom Kollars, the ProVector Flower is an artificial flower which attracts mosquitoes that carry diseases like malaria, dengue fever and the West Nile virus. The flower’s four colors draw in the mosquitoes, but it’s the artificial nectar—a safe biopesticide—that ultimately kills the insects. Now being tested in many tropical, Third World countries, Dr. Kollars hopes to save hundreds of thousands of lives with this tool. The other positive? It’s cheap. Running only about $10 for the flower and $1 for bait refill every three months, it could be much more cost effective for families who can’t afford mosquito nets or who spend significant portions of their salaries on drugs once they contract the diseases."

We split up into groups and went door to door in a batay/village called Altagracia. At each house we explained the flower, asked if we could hang it up, and shared God's word. It was great getting a chance to pray for and with each family in the community. There is one more reason this project was so special to COTN. Please see Kathy share Juanchy's story below. Juanchy is one of COTN-DR's finest staff members!