Jacki Stranathan, a Board Member with The Least of These Ministries, spent 2025 serving as a Missionary in Barahona. Jacki worked alongside our in-country ministry staff, with a wonderful opportunity to learn more about the people, their culture, and how we can better serve them.
These pages document Jacki’s time in the Dominican Republic. Read through and enjoy the adventure!
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Resilience | 11.13.2025
Have you kept a resume from your High School years to now? Include every job and move? I have one. It is a very strange map. Continue Reading
“Lean Not on Your Own Understanding” Part 2 | 11.11.2025
We had a wonderful celebration of my Mom’s life. I cried all the way through it. But each word expounded on her generosity, hospitality, beauty, and grace from all milestones of her 88 years. Continue Reading
“Lean Not on Your Own Understanding” Part 1 | 10.26.2025
Sometimes, we can get stuck in overthinking or worrying about the future, but when you surrender that to God, He will guide you. Continue Reading
“It is Better for You” | 08.20.2025
Ricardo and Wilton always tell me, “It is better for you.” They are… Continue Reading
Waiting | 07.04.2025
Sometimes waiting is the hardest part. There is so much waiting at an airport, it sometimes drives me crazy. But I have learned… Continue Reading
Community | 06.29.2025
I have really felt the definition of community since living in Barahona. Each of the bateys we serve is a small community. I recently served MannaPacks… Continue Reading
Chairs | 06.20.2025
I found this verse that talks about getting up from your seat before the white-haired, and giving honor to the old, and letting the fear of your God be before you… Continue Reading
A Continuing Story | 05.06.2025
San Rafael is the batey we serve that is located the farthest from Barahona. It also is one of the poorest. It sits in a ‘U’ shape around an open field. It is very… Continue Reading
Eggs and Air Conditioning | 03.17.2025
What follows is my attempt at a blog. “Blog (a truncation of “weblog”) is an informational website consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts).” I’ve never been very good at writing so… Continue Reading
Process | 03.03.2025
According to Oxford, the definition of ‘process’ is “a series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end.“ I’ve been in Barahona, Dominican Republic… Continue Reading
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