El Salvador Trip Part Two - Wonderful People!

During my weekend in El Salvador, I stayed with my friend Elsy and her family. They are soooooo hospitable. Elsy and I went to a way cool water park, and to a wedding. I met quite a few of her friends from her mission agency, and also was able to talk with another missionary couple who I met like 4 years ago. It is always a blessing to visit Elsy and friends/family!
She spoke in church about her ministry to those of false religions in Asia, so I was able to hear about that. I think I have it so easy being in Latin America – I can wear the same type of clothes as at home, the food is pretty much familiar to me, I can already speak the language to a large extent, and the thought pattern of latinos isn’t terribly different from friends in the States. Also, there isn’t a whole lot of persecution among Christians in Mexico, I am going as a missionary and we are allowed freedom of religion. Elsy on the other hand must wear different and rather uncomfortable clothes, eat weird foods, learn an entirely different language that doesn’t even have a familiar alphabet, and adjust to a completely different manner of thinking. Where she is going, she must not let it be known that she’s a missionary – that’s illegal. And she would likely get deported if she were caught teaching the Bible! Wow!
It’s really been amazing to hear about her ministry and go through the whole support-raising process to leave for missions with her. She leaves in March!
Now I’m back in Tegus (Honduras) loving it here too!


Carolina, Rene, and Elsy