December 9th

Today, just like last Sunday, we had a group go and feed the homeless somewhere in San Salvador. They also passed out the clothing we brought with us to give to the homeless. The stories I heard were crazy. Just like last week, these homeless people were majorly addicted to shoe glue. It’s so sad, and when they left, they were fighting over the clothing, and taking it from the smaller people and just fighting in general. After they got back to the house, we all took off in these two TINY buses called Coasters to go to a jungle village. They were awesome little Toyota van type vehicles. We were heading into the jungle literally. There were no towns or businesses. There were shacks throughout the road, but nothing like grocery stores or anything like that. And the road on the last stretch of the trip was INSANE! Seriously, it looked like the rocks had been put there by hand and there were ruts everywhere. I and several others spent most of the ride praying that the bus would make it to the village without damaging a tire or the engine dying on the hills. It was an interesting experience. When we got to the village, we were welcomed by a bunch of the children and the very kind pastor. Everyone was completely excited to see us. We had brought a lunch of hot dogs (500 to be exact), chips and soda. And we had to prepare them there. The outreach went really well, and we got all the hot dogs finished cooking and put into buns and eaten in a very organized manner. It was so much more calm, though busy than like at the Police Station. It was awesome. After finishing the feeding of the multitude as I like to say, we went to a church service. Jared impromptu brought the congregation a message, and did a very good job of it. Then the Pastor got up and asked all of the team to get up and come stand up front because he wanted to pray and lay hands on each of us. Right before the service, the group had the option of going to the service or staying by the bus and hanging. I’m so glad I went to the service, I was so blessed. There was so much power behind the pastor’s prayer. He really genuinely cared about us as a group, and I have to say it was the best “service” I had been to the whole time I’ve been here. Plus, the music wasn’t a show. They had a cd playing as background, but the singers, they just sung their heart out, and it was wonderful to hear that although they weren’t perfectly in tune, they sang for the praise and glory of God. I was so blessed by that service. I personally think that today was one of the best outreaches we’ve had. The atmosphere was wonderful, things weren’t perfect, but in that imperfection people still shined with God’s love. It was a great day.