Google Honors 193 Years of Independence

Five of the countries in Central America are celebrating 193 years of independence today with parades, speeches, fireworks and more.  Unfortunately, it's been raining or drizzling all day, so I'm sure everyone marching in the parades and all of the parade-goers are very, very wet.  As for us, we're staying at home and out of all of the traffic!

In honor of the day, Google customized the El Salvador search page:

Nothing says El Salvador more than a plate of pupusas, curtido and salsa.  Although, after I posted this on my FB page, one of my friends mentioned that the knife and fork definitely don't belong in the picture.  He's right--true Salvadorans always eat pupusas with their hands and don't even get messy!  

The Google page for each of the four other countries was also customized:

GUATEMALA

COSTA RICA

NICARAGUA

HONDURAS

Not sure why three of the five have typical food, while the other two have typical symbols, but, nevertheless, it's pretty cool to get "noticed."

Long and winding road

We left the house at 4:00 a.m. yesterday and made it to church in less than 15 minutes--amazing how easy it is to drive at that time of the morning.  Actually, I was surprised we weren't the first at the church.  Nevertheless, our departure time of 5:00 a.m. slipped by almost 45 minutes.  This time we were in the van (air-conditioned) with 6 others; there were another 25 on the big yellow bus. 

The trip was long, but uneventful--the El Salvador border and the two Honduran borders were almost empty.  The Nicaragua border, while not at all full, still took about an hour.  We really didn't notice any damage from the recent earthquake/tremors.  We pulled in to the hotel about 8:30 p.m.

The first four of more than 40 people from five different churches arrived last night.  Most of the rest arrive on various flights today, with the last two coming in on Sunday.  Please pray for the second bus full of Salvadorans who are driving over today and that God's spirit will move mightily among the Nicaraguan people during this week of evangelistic outreach.