Hello! Chris thought it might be nice if someone else from the delegation shared some thoughts on our experience and I (Jane) volunteered. Frankly, I am hoping that taking some time to write will help to clarify some of the many thoughts and emotions that are swirling through me after just 4 days here. IContinue reading “Opening Hearts”
Category Archives: El Salvador
Links
I’ve been struggling with how to entitle and how to write this post. We encountered poverty on Saturday and the legacy of war on Sunday, and these are truly two central characteristics of Salvadoran life. Today – our third full day in El Salvador – lacked (for me, anyway) a defining theme or a centralContinue reading “Links”
Worship and War
Today we worshiped at the Resurrection Lutheran Church in San Salvador, where Bishop Medardo Gomez presides. In addition to worship, we witnessed a rite of confirmation for four people – three adults and one youth, and also a quinceanero – a rite of blessing for a young woman on her fifteenth birthday. It was aContinue reading “Worship and War”
Three Forces: Military, Poverty, and Faith
We came to El Salvador to learn about the people, the country, the culture, and to witness what God is doing in and through the Lutheran Church in El Salvador. As part of our learning, today we witnessed three defining forces in the lives of many Salvadorans: Military, Poverty, and Faith. Military: Our day gotContinue reading “Three Forces: Military, Poverty, and Faith”
Hemos Llegado – We´ve Arrived
This evening we arrived in El Salvador, slightly late, but safe and sound. The trip from the airport to the hotel took about 45 minutes, and except for some street lights sprikled along mountainsides, we really couldn´t see much because it was already dark. Ironically, a few of us got a little sick from theContinue reading “Hemos Llegado – We´ve Arrived”
The Lutheran Zephyr 