Many of you knew that after thanksgiving my team was taking a trip to San Salvador, El Salvador! It was awesome, we had the opportunity to stay at the Shalom Children’s Home. We were able to spend our evenings with the children there, ages ranging from birth to 18. They loved having us there with them, plating soccer, jumping rope and then in the evenings doing a mini chapel with music and a lesson. During the day we went down the street and helped with the construction of a medical clinic! We moved several thousand pounds of brick, up three levels! It was a lot of hard work, but so very rewarding to see the accomplishment at the end of the week! We also had the opportunity to go and minister in a local church on the weekend, to do kids clubs and spend time with the people. The language barrier made it a little challenging but it was totally worth it! It was refreshing to be in a place where material possessions didn’t rule their lives, where simplicity was acceptable, where relationships were genuinely valued! It was a beautiful reminder of the real priorities of life!
So you all knew that I was going to El Salvador, but you may not have known that after the team left I had the amazing privilege to travel to Honduras to visit a man who is now my boyfriend! I was able to spend five days with him, enjoying every minute of it! He teaches at The Academia Los Pineras in the capital city of Tegucigalpa! We had a blast and I am so thankful for the time that I was able to spend with him there!
