Saturday, October 18, 2008

We made it to San Salvador Saturday night

Bienvenidos a San Salvador!  Our team met up at the airport in Houston this afternoon, 6 from Dallas, 2 from Austin and 2 from Houston.  It was a good flight with just a brief spell of turbulence, and we landed in San Salvador about 7:45 p.m. their time.  It was raining when we arrived; hope it doesn't continue for the week.  We are now settled in our quaint hotel, greeted with the sounds of a quincinera celebration.  We've encountered these numerous times in Latin America.  It's always fun to peek in on the festivities celebrating the fifteenth birthday of a young lady.  It's a big deal, rather like a wedding.  This one had the added attraction of a "drum line" of sorts.  As they were dancing, a group of drummers entered the room and you would have thought we were at a good old American football game!  They are still hammering.  Luckily our air conditioners are loud enough that they muffle most of the noise.  We have an early day tomorrow....we are going to an early worship service....7:00 a.m. to be exact!  That is an early service!  Then we are going to have the treat of spending time at the beach at the family home of our ministry partner here to go over plans for the week, get to know one another better, and just enjoy the beauty of this country.  We are looking forward to a great week of ministry.  Please pray for each team member, our ministry partners here, and each person we will meet this week, that each of us will be blessed to be a blessing.

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