election day

Pray for our country today as all Dominicans head to the polls to vote for our next President. The trend over the last few elections is that voting (and its aftermath) has been increasingly more calm and civil. The expectation is that this election will be very orderly and controlled but as all Dominicans have said "one never knows." So here are a couple of specific requests for the country:

1. Pray that the whomever is elected will operate with transparency and effectiveness.
2. Pray that the cabinet of the next President will be intelligent, strong, well informed and out to protect the people of this nation.
3. Pray that in the face of the global food and fuel crisis, the Dominican Republic will have leadership over the next four years that will continue to stimulate economic growth and that will promote more development of infrastructure.
4. Pray that today, tomorrow and Sunday pass smoothly.

Sequestered in my house for today,
M

If you want to read more about these elections, check out this article by CNN. It is very well written and informed.

You can also check out www.dr1.com. The articles on there today are solely about the elections and are quick hitting, fairly interesting and heavily statistical. Unfortunately, without a subscription, you can only read that day's news.