Luke and I got back last night from our second trip to El Salvador. This trip was different from our last one in many ways, but both were equally fantastic. Sunday was our first day on the mission field. We spent Saturday traveling and didn't arrive to our hotel until late that evening.
We started off Sunday morning with two groups going to different churches. I went with a group to a church no one had been to in the middle of nowhere (not scary at all!). We met in a mud hut with about 10 people from the village. Then the church members joined our group and we headed down the paths to talk to the people of the community. We shared Christ with a few households and spent time getting to know the locals in that area.
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| Rachel, Me & Luke leading singing (I know...me singing?!) |
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| Outside the door of a home where we shared the Gospel |
Around 11am, we met up with the other group that went to a different church, ate some lunch and then headed to the military base in Usulutan. I must say, these military guys were super scary outside the base. Because of the gang presence in the area, the men wear their camo uniforms, carry rifles and cover their faces with a ski mask. The ski mask is to protect them and their families from gangsters figuring out who they are. But uniformed men in ski masks, carrying guns is pretty scary! I wanted to take a picture but feared getting shot!!! Inside the base, they were pretty cool. Joe shared the Gospel with them and then we challenged them to a serious futbol game. We lasted only one half before they gave us a few guys from their team to even the talent out!
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| Joe sharing the Gospel at the military base |
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| Luke on the soccer field |
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| These little guys were on the field immediately after the game was over...so cute! |
After getting beat in soccer, we changed into church clothes again and headed to San Miguel. We attended another church service where we led worship, gave testimonies and Joe preached. After the service, they treated us to some really good pupusas, slaw and Pepsi. That was very unexpected and delicious! After church we stopped by the mall and got some ice cream...where I saw my very first Dona Wafle in person (more on that later).
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| Leading music in the evening service..Steven, Me, Randy, Renee & Rachel |
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| Jacob translating for me while I gave my testimony. |
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| The church was an old home...this is basically the garage. |
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| Two cute kiddos at church...that little boy really wanted to touch the guitar in the background! |
That about wraps up Day 1. It was really a pretty busy day, we hit the ground running. My favorite day of the week (besides our time at the resort on the beach) is tomorrow. Stay tuned! :)
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