Hi all,
What a great 24 hours! Yesterday Jim was able to confirm that our airline is still flying, our flight is still scheduled and that we can each take two bag.
Along with that, we also have shuttle service straight from the church to O'Hare and back.
Today, I received word from Pastora Abelina, ("pastora" is the feminine form of "pastor" in Spanish,) and she has confirmed that she, personally will be at the airport with greetings and transportation. We will be staying at Casa Concordia Saturday night. CC is a guesthouse attached to the Lutheran Synod offices in San Salvador. It's been fixed up a lot since you've seen in last Chris and Chuck. For those of you who haven't been there, the guesthouse and synod offices are enclosed in a walled "compound" of sorts with an iron gate and a 24 hr armed guard.
The woman who runs CC also takes in children who need homes and schooling. She is also the director of the homeless shelter that I hope you will have opportunity to see. The women of the church are sending with us as many layettes and birthing kits as possible in order to give them to this shelter. Her name is Trini and she runs a tight ship. She is also a GREAT cook.
Also...it just keeps getting better. When Christina, Bob Gross and I delivered the solar powered water purifers 2 years ago, we connected with a young man who translated for us. His mother worked for the synod offices. David (pronounced Dah-veed) is now a college student in Finland. We have become friends of David and his family and have been instant messaging frequently. We discovered that David will be home in El Salvador during our stay there, and would be willing to translate if we like.
Transportation, lodging, food and translator, all wrapped up in a 24 hour package... not bad for a day's worth of praying.
~Pam
What a great 24 hours! Yesterday Jim was able to confirm that our airline is still flying, our flight is still scheduled and that we can each take two bag.
Along with that, we also have shuttle service straight from the church to O'Hare and back.
Today, I received word from Pastora Abelina, ("pastora" is the feminine form of "pastor" in Spanish,) and she has confirmed that she, personally will be at the airport with greetings and transportation. We will be staying at Casa Concordia Saturday night. CC is a guesthouse attached to the Lutheran Synod offices in San Salvador. It's been fixed up a lot since you've seen in last Chris and Chuck. For those of you who haven't been there, the guesthouse and synod offices are enclosed in a walled "compound" of sorts with an iron gate and a 24 hr armed guard.
The woman who runs CC also takes in children who need homes and schooling. She is also the director of the homeless shelter that I hope you will have opportunity to see. The women of the church are sending with us as many layettes and birthing kits as possible in order to give them to this shelter. Her name is Trini and she runs a tight ship. She is also a GREAT cook.
Also...it just keeps getting better. When Christina, Bob Gross and I delivered the solar powered water purifers 2 years ago, we connected with a young man who translated for us. His mother worked for the synod offices. David (pronounced Dah-veed) is now a college student in Finland. We have become friends of David and his family and have been instant messaging frequently. We discovered that David will be home in El Salvador during our stay there, and would be willing to translate if we like.
Transportation, lodging, food and translator, all wrapped up in a 24 hour package... not bad for a day's worth of praying.
~Pam
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