Highlights--El Salvador Campaign, May 13-18

We just finished a great week with a team from First Baptist Ferguson, St. Louis, Missouri.  They came last May, as well, so we were very happy to see some of them again as well as to meet several new faces.

They arrived in the afternoon on Saturday and since we didn't have a campaign, we took them to the gringo market and to Los Planes for pupusas.  

On Sunday we visited our church in Lourdes and were able to be a part of their Mother's Day celebration, which included being serenaded by a traditional Mariachi singer.  

We had our first family festival on Sunday evening in Nueva Lourdes.

Final El Salvador Campaign of 2016

The final campaign of the year in El Salvador started on Saturday, October 8, with a trip to Los Planes for pupusas.  There were many new people on the trip so they were excited to experience this food of which they had heard so much; and, of course, it didn't disappoint.

We had orientation after church on Sunday morning and then went to Lourdes for the first campaign in the evening.

Bogota Campaign, Part 2

The whole team was in town and ready to be picked up by the bus on Sunday morning.  Iglesia Bautista Videa Nueva, Bogota is no longer meeting in the Holiday Inn hotel, instead they have their own place and we were all excited to see it.  

It was a great time of worship with people from the church, Costa Ricans and Salvadorans.  Randy Adams preached and David translated.  

We even celebrated Father's Day with them!

Sunday in Bogota

The rest of the team arrived in Bogota after 10:00 p.m. Sunday evening, so we didn't wait up for them.  Instead we saw them at breakfast and then at orientation on Sunday morning.  It was great to see five people from Abundant Life, our home church.  They brought down two suitcases full of fabric, t-shirts and other things for the ministry in El Salvador.  Pastor David Guadron told everyone about the work in Bogota, handed out the schedule for the week and answered lots of questions.

The service started at 10:15 and, as usual, it's great to worship together.  Pastor David translated the message by Perry Safron, from Richland Creek Church in North Carolina.  (It's always a treat for us to hear a sermon in English.)

After church everyone had a quick lunch because the bus picked us up at 2:00 p.m.  One of the families in the church opened their home and set up their pool for baptism.  The weather was chilly and the water was fairly cool, but David and five others were obedient to follow Christ in baptism.

The family festival was hold in a park in the same neighborhood so we went straight from the baptism to knocking on doors.  We had a trampoline, popcorn and a dog show like last night.  There were 25 professions of faith with several whole families coming to Jesus.