Support Raising, Salvadoran Missionaries, and Food!

So, I talked with Kathy, my advisor at I.T. today, and we kind of went over a bit of a plan for me for support raising. The whole thing (support raising) is scary, and one of those things that is absolutely essential, but I REALLY don't want to do it. But, yesterday, I got this email from Elsy, my friend in El Salvador who's planning to go to an asian country as a missionary, and I thought about HER support-raising venture. How much easier must it be for me to raise support when I know lots of people who have jobs who are interested in missions. Elsy knows lots of people who are interested in missions, but most of them can only afford to feed their families and pay their bills. And she has so much faith that all her money will come in very soon! The Tsunami has opened the door for her to get a visa, so it will be easier to get to this country when the time comes, and lack of funds is the only thing holding her back from going now. Anyhow, she is a real encouragement to me!

I wanted to put a picture of Elsy on here, seeing that this is the second time that I've mentioned her on here. So, below is a picture (yes, I realize my head is cut off - my camera is dumb). The other pictures I have of us are really old, so that's why this one is there. We're making tortillas! Tortillas got me thinking about pupusas since they look similar, and that made me think of Mayra, a catracha who taught me how to make my favorite Central American food! MMMMMMM, now I'm hungry!! Pupusas are like small, thick corn tortillas that have either cheese or chicharon (ground mystery "pork" meat) in the middle if you're in Honduras, or cheese and/or beans in the middle if you're in El Salvador. Apparently, a lot of ladies don't think they can make pupusas.... I only personally know like 2 who do make them. But when Mayra taught me how, it didn't seem very hard. I made them for my class-mates at I.T. training in October, and I thought they turned out reasonably similar to Honduran pupusas (with a little variation on cheese), and my class-mates liked them, so I'm not sure what the deal is on only certain people making them. Maybe mine would be weird looking or weird tasting to a Central American!

Anyhow, this is becoming a herkin' massive update about not much, so that's all for now!


Elsy and I making tortillas


Me and Mayra with pupusas that she taught me how to make!