We landed in El Salvador at 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning and I can safely say that red-eye flights will never be our favorite time to travel. All of our luggage made it safely and Jeff was waiting to pick us up.
It was about 8:00 a.m. when we made it home. We decided to turn on our cable modem, TV and wireless router so we could email or call our family to let them know we made it back--bad idea! After about 30 minutes of trying to get things up and running, we gave up and went to bed. A call to Jeff around noon confirmed that his cable was working. There's no quick way to call about service here, so he and Stephen went over to Tigo to report the problem. Amazingly, they had a serviceman at the house at 2:30 p.m. and he worked his magic and we were soon back in business. We managed a trip to the grocery store for absolute essentials and then ate a quick dinner of pupusas at our favorite restaurant.
Still jet lagged on Thursday, we were very glad we didn't schedule our Spanish classes to start until Monday. The truck is very handy to have! We ventured over to PriceSmart (Costco) on our own and filled up with meat, frozen food, etc. We also bought a 6 ft.table and cube storage bins to put an office and sewing room in our spare bedroom. I say office for now because my sewing machine is still safely in my dad's basement in Lee's Summit.
I spent the rest of the day unpacking 3 of our 4 suitcases. Thanks to so many friends at ALBC, our kitchen is now stocked with hard- or impossible-to-find items. I've already used a can of the beans, and I have to promise myself to use the items sparingly as they have to last until Christmas! Stephen had band practice so I set up the office and storage shelves.
We went to church to pick up the textbooks for our English/phonics classes. We will be working with 1st, 2nd and 3rd graders--I spent 21 years in the classroom with students in grades 7-12, so this is going to be a real challenge! School starts on Monday, but we won't start phonics for a week or two while the students and teachers get their routine established. Please pray for us as we undertake this new ministry.
After a day full of laundry and cleaning, we made our way to the Friday night service. We love worshiping with our Salvadoran brothers and sisters; it was great to see everyone as we were gone almost 3 weeks.
Today is another catch up day: preparing/sending our August prayer letter, blogging and getting our financial reports up to date. So, since the letter and this blog are now done, it's now time to sign off and catch up on my financial report.
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