A Trip to Usulutan

On Tuesday, we left San Salvador at 8:30 a.m. and drove 2+ hours to Usulutan, a city fairly close to the ocean, which meant that the temperature was considerably higher than what we are used to in San Salvador.  Lucky for us, we had to take the inflatable so we followed the bus in our pickup.

More than twenty years ago, Vida Nueva helped plant a local church in the city and the youth pastor, Jonathan, arranged for us to present the sexual purity lesson at a local private, Christian school.  The students really enjoyed our time there and many of them made professions of faith.

After the morning in the school we all went to Wendy's for lunch and then went back to the church to rest before the family festival.  We also had a time of prayer for the church, it's pastor and the festival.    

The evening campaign was in the city park,  right in front of the Catholic church, but it didn't stop us from sharing the gospel one-on-one, playing games with the kids and preaching after the drama.

The local church was very appreciative of our efforts and, especially grateful for the professions of faith that were made.  They will do the follow-up, and we are praying for "fruit that remains."  They invited us to return whenever we have the opportunity.

We ended the day with a two-hour bus ride back to San Salvador--it was a long, but rewarding day.  

Juntos Together--Fun Day

It was off to Costa de Sol with the Juntos Together team on Friday.  We left the house at 8:15 a.m. to meet the team at the hotel and ride the bus to the beach.  The trip was about and hour and a half and it was HOT!  

We arrived at the resort about 11:15 and had time to play in the ocean before lunch.  The buffet lunch was delicious.  After lunch the kids spent time in the pool, played water volleyball, got back in the ocean and just enjoyed each other's company.  

Later in the afternoon, there were boat rides around the lagoon and more pool time.  

We left about 5:00 p.m. and drove the hour plus to the pupusaria in Los Planes.  Pupusas for 90 people, please.  Thankfully, Guillermo had pre-ordered and they were ready when we arrived.  Francisco was celebrating his birthday, so he got the giant birthday pupusa.

When the evening was over, it was good-bye until next year and/or let's connect on Facebook!  It was a great week thanks to Vladimir Vasquez, our youth pastor at Vida Nueva, and the rest of the IBVN team!  

July Campaign--End of the week

It was a long, but productive week and amazingly the rain held off.  In fact, it's been very hot, humid and dry--quite an uncomfortable combination.

However, the harvest this week was anything but dry--more than 750 people made professions of faith this week--most of them were high school students who heard the gospel presented in their classrooms.  

We said goodbye to the team tonight after the final campaign.  It's always bittersweet when it's time for them to return home.  

It's Going to be Hot

Just checked the 10-day forecast for Managua and it's going to be hot.  This, of course, is not a surprise, it's always hot there. 

We will be outside most of the morning and in the late afternoons so please pray all of us, especially the teams from the states and the group of translators coming from our church in Guatemala.  It will be quite a temperature change for them.