Our first assignment was in 2002, when Pastor Lisset Melendez (Dayen) received a visit from Pastor Luis Rodriguez, the lead pastor of a home for addicts in her hometown of Bonao, Dom. Rep.  She had purchsed a mountain property from some relatives where where mother was born in the Mountain of El Candongo, Bonao, Dom. Rep. and had began to grow crops to bring to the elderly homes and other institutions.  Durign that time she employed a distant cousinn, whose name was Ruben, to bring cacao to the local instutions such as the homes for addicts to help with theri food secutity.  She had asked her cousing Ruben to bring cacao donations to the ministry "New Restoration" on an anonymous basis, but the pastor insisted in meeting her.  That meeting turned into a life changing event which served as a catalyst to her work supporting the work of the Lord in recovery ministries.  That work inspired her to concecrate the mountain property to serve as a place of healing and restoration and the work there brought about birth of Hesed In Action Ministry. 

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The initial focus was to support the work of the Lord at that a ministry for restoration.  After seeing the need of the people in the nation of the Dominican Republic was bigger than what the three christian home for addicts could meet, she began a period of intercession, crying to Father God in the Spirit to open new homes for addicts in her hometown and in the nations.   A few months later, the Lord assigned the lead evangelist for the ministry New Restoration to open a new home for addicts and sent him to pastor Dayen home with a message from the Lord that she was to provide assistance to plant that ministry.  As then evangelist, Carlos Mendes, spoke those words the power of God hit Pastor Dayen, confirming the assignment to her.  It was to be the first of many short-term assignments which were always focused on providing assistance to servants who were either starting a new ministry or expanding the work of the Lord in their ministry.   Within four months of helping to plant that ministry they did not need our help.  We joyfully watched them successfully establish relationships with local merchants and churches which has lasted to this day.

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Assingment from the Lord for that mission:

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"Help them to stand up.  Keep helping until they can remain standing on their own".

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