We’re safe in San Salvador, about to head to the village. More to come…

UPDATE – As I said, we made it safely to El Salvador. We had great flights the whole way. We arrived in San Salvador around 11:30am on Friday and then ate a great lunch at Pollo Camparro. Pollo Camparro is a very popular chicken restaurant here in El Salvador. Then we took about a two hour bus ride to Chalatenango, the village where we will be ministering until Wednesday. Kristin and I slept horrible on Friday night, even though we were extremely tired. Our air was either freezing cold…or off. I´m a fan of cold sleeping, but only when I have a blanket. All we had was a tin sheet. 

Saturday we had a great day. The team practiced dramas and school presentations all day while a couple of us spoke at a ministry worker´s sonference. I ended the day with a talk on Mobilizing and Multiplying the Next Generation…Using young people in ministry is obviously something I believe in. It was a long, but productive day. I feel like so much fruit comes from pouring into ministry workers.  Also, we bought a blanket and had an amazing night´s sleep!

Sunday we got to sleep in a bit, worked on our presentations and then went to church. Kristin and I sang in the service, and my dad preached. I love going to church in foreign countries. There´s always such a sincerity and passion for God.

Today (Monday) was our first day in the schools. It went really well. My favorite part was our lunch break, though. We had a two-hour break that we spent in a local park. A ton of kids were playing there and we started playing with them. Then Aaron and I decided to buy all the kids ice cream from a local vendor…Twenty-six ice cream cones for $3.84!!! Then, our interpretor and driver took us to a local river wheer we swam (and bathed).

The food has been good…The pastor´s wife has been cooking for us, and we eat all of our meals at there house. She has cooked things that we like – hamburgers, chicken, pepper steak, pancakes, and cereal. I´m very thankful for that. The only draw back so far are our accommodations. They definitely leave something to be desired. I can deal with poor accommodations, but the worse part is…No hot water. In fact, no cold water either. Only freezing water.  Everyone is doing great though! Keep checking back. I won´t post any picture until we get back because it takes too long. Keep praying for us!