Faith

Yesterday Thanks - A big thank-you from the team for our two drivers, Jim and Larry, who were up and taking us to the airport at 3:30am and to Pastor Danny who came also at 3:30 am to send us on our way!!

Sunday, February 24 - Today we met many local people who love God! This morning our team attended Centro Internacional de Alabanza for a worship service. In English that means the international center of worship. It was a spirit filled service with singing, praise, and the message. This congregation has a focus on 'Hacia una fe centrada en Cristo' which means 'toward faith centered in Christ'. The message (in Spanish with an interpreter) was on faith with the foundational conclusion that we are Not able...God IS able. What a message for our team this week in El Salvador! One of the Bible verses read and spoken about was Galatians 2:20 - I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live: yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live inthe flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Our luggage arrived safely...even an extra piece that was not ours! This allowed us to spend the afternoon sorting the supplies the team brought along for the various projects. The supplies are now labelled by project and day so when we are ready to leave, it is easy to bring the correct supplies for the day.

Sunday evening we had a Dedication and Communion Service in another local congregation where our service was lead by the Bridges of Hope International Team Leaders who are here with us this week as well as the local pastor of the congregation. This was an opportunity for each of us to continue our personal commitment of our lives to God knowing that He is the one to be at work, not us.

Our accomodations - nice. We are staying in a modern Comfort Inn with air conditioning, tv, a business center with internet connections, and a really good breakfast in the mornings. We pretty much stay at the Comfort Inn or walk together to a market very close, although a group ventured just slightly farther to get King-sized Cokes yesterday from a Burger King. When we go out, we go together in two vans with local drivers. The area around us is mixed as there do not appear to be zoning regulations here as we have in the US.

Geographically, El Salvador is in Central America and is about the size of New Jersey and has a total population of 6 million people. San Salvador, where we are at, is the largest city with approximately 1.8 million people. El Salvador had much damage from a hurricane in 1998 and an earthquake in 2000.

Our 'on the road' projects begin Monday. Thank-you for your continued prayers!