Few people can find true happiness shoveling a mixture of manure and soil in a large field in Central America.
But for Brenda Wilson, nothing feeds her soul more than helping impoverished communities in the Dominican Republic build neighborhood amenities such as sidewalks, curbs and recreation facilities.
For the past few years, Wilson has traveled to Dominican Republic on mission trips with more than 50 teens from Sarasota Baptist Church on Proctor Road.