The Final Few (New) Adventures....

Once upon a time, still in a land far, far, away...and STILL will be in three hours, sat Tori and Kathryn in black leather, reclining, cup holder filled, bottom warmer airport chairs. Jokes. They are gently loved black leather seats and there probably are plush airport seats somewhere, but there's a rumor that says their all taken so they've resorted to these and a nice cup of coffee/chai tea.

As many of you may have heard the team will be arriving at Reagan National Airport at 11pm. Check your email please. :)

But before then, you might as well read the blog because Tori and Kathryn won't be home for a little while. You have some time.

So yesterday. It began as usual with a typical El Salvadorian breakfast (because Edward, Mr. Crews, and Kara ate all the (in espanol) pan-cakes), then traveled to a mountain public school. There, the 300ish students gathered under a small pavilion to watch us put on our David and Goliath skit, sing the banana song, do Tootie-Tot, sing worship songs, and pass out cookies/candy. Because there were so many kids we had them originally split into two groups. The older group (12 yrs and up) had about 200 kids. We all thought the "Go Banana's song" was fool proof, but apparently not there. With laughter and awkward stares, we cut the songs short. Those crazy Americans. In contrast, we had a much better response with the younger kids. One of the teams' favorite things at the school was practicing their Spanish with the kids. The kids there, enjoyed practicing their English.

(Kathryn and Tori continue to sip their hot drinks because their caffeine boosts are dwindling)

After the school, the team went to their final lunch in the mall, then returned to the hotel to check up on Casey. Earlier on she was feeling sick, but with the promise of enjoying the company of other teenagers (specifically El Salvadorian teenagers) she came with the team for the afternoon. During their afternoon jaunt the team traveled to a local Wendy's where a Tirzah women co-hosted a youth group meeting.

With voices rising in a cappella, the El Salvadorian teens and American teens intertwined the two languages of Spanish and English to worship the most mightiest one of all. Later on, the floor was opened for a time to share testimonies and answer/ask questions. It was great getting to know the teens and they must have thought the same as the Americans because one strapping young man asked Kathryn to stay in El Salvador. Kara said that she had promised Kathryn's mother that Kathryn had to return home. Bummer.

That same young 18 year old proposed to Kara, however, her protective and caring brother, James, stepped in and said, "I would like my sister to marry someone with a job." The boy in good humor replied that he had a small job so he thought that he and Kara could make it work.

Now for dinner. CHINESE FOOD. It's funny how Kathryn and Tori started the blogs with Chinese food and ended the blogs with Chinese food. Bookending trips with it is definitely the way to go. During dinner we were joined by the head of Tirzah International from Colorado Springs and Mercedes Dalton.

With dinner coming to a close around 8:15, the team and the Dalton brothers headed out. That evening they enjoyed an affirmation circle, reminding one another how much they had seen God present in their lives and how much they are loved. Tears of compassion were leaked, but smiles were present everywhere. Ask you kids about what was said about them. They are all great, amazing, and awesome. You all are truly blessed to have a relationship with each one of them.

Packing quickly that evening until 12:30am, the team settled down for a long blink...three hours to be exact. Now here we are, waiting to return home to America and our families. We'll see you in a bit.

Signing off for the last time as El Salvadorian travelers of 2011,

Kathryn and Tori <3

I may have lost the ability to talk.

Today the blog might not make sense, but we are tired, and it's Tori and Megan so ...clearly.

Haggling, not by us but by the shop owners at the craft market, sad face.

Uber cool mall with a house in it. Oh, and wicked cute wittle turtles.

Really awesome prayer meeting with women prayer warriors from Tirzah

Shush James and your constant singing.

Donut (Mr.)...for real...but we got pupusas (tori pets a puppy)..(which is invisible)

Arrrggghhhh...we need vision.

Yellow Submarine being sung by Meredith, but actually it's Here Comes the Sun.

Just one more day! We will be spending it at a public El Salvadorian school and ..WENDYS

Ummm..its a prayer group that meets at Wendy's.

Leaving tomorrow is LindaLinda :( pray for safe travels!

Yesterday was Wednesday. Tomorrow is Friday. Saturday comes afterwaaarrddssss <3

2 little sleep

1 super fantastic blog, which no one will understand.

THANKS!!EAT MORE PUPUSAS!!!!

Kevin's Eulogy, Death by Horchata.

Today was a sad for El Salvadorian cockroaches...everywhere. It started like any other day with the beautiful El Salvadorian sunrise breaking through the majestic El Salvadorian cloud bank.

This morning, Kevin had no idea what was going to happen. Kevin had been a long time resident of Casa Las Magnolias Hotel. He had recently been sharing his home with the lovely but skittish Kara Walker. Even though he had definitely called dibs and was more then willing to share his home the relationship was strained.

This morning, Kara had enough. When Kevin came to greet Kara with a cheery, El Salvadorian "Bueno Dias", Kara in a fit of rage got violent. She called for her heroine, Megan. Even after smashing Kevin with a trashcan, Kevin would not give in to the call of death. Finally, in a fit of desperation, she call El Tigre (more commonly known as James) and his trustee sidekick Jose Samuel Montoya to the scene. They were ready for battle.

(Dramatic music plays)

Jose in a fit of flourious flapping, distracts the dasterdly Ne'er Do-Well. El Tigre corners him.

(Music crescendos)

With the mighty flip-flop above his head, he terminates Kevin repeatedly 'till he is nothing but a stain on the tile floor/ bottom of Kara's flip-flop. Kara is ecstatic, which sounded a lot like her earlier girlish screams.

Kevin is mourned by a wife, several hundred siblings and possibly thousands of children. Kara does not plan to attend his funeral, nor does she plan to express her sorrow for their loss, nor does she ever want to meet them...ever. Seriously. This is no joking matter. He was huge. He was massive. He is dead.

After the team (minus Kara) mourned the loss of Kevin in their collection of animal friends, they traveled by bus for 2 hours to a village called Tacuba. There, they worked side-by-side with other Christians to be the hands and feet of God. Together they served a snack, presented a skit, sang songs, and shared their testimonies. Additionally Tirzah provided food (bags of sugar, beans, and rice), clothing, glass jars, and boxes for the people.

The team had the opportunity to pray for the congregation and for the pastor. The pastor, his wife, and three children are volunteers. Besides working the coffee fields, they believe it is their job to encourage and shepherd the people of Tacuba. It is amazing to see how much they have sacraficed and served.

With a ridiculous amount of ballon dogs/swords/parrots (that sorta look like irons according to one El Salvadorian...and possibly the team) and gazzillions of stickers, the team entertained a multitude of adorable children.

Later, the team arrived at a very spiffy restaurant. which begins the poetic portion of this blog...

There once was a lady who swallowed a fly

I don't know why she swallowed a fly, perhaps it was in her Horchata.

(and now for some Haikus)

Sitting in a chair

Fluffy clouds go by with grace

I hate mosquitoes.

(gong chimes)

Two hours later

With sleepy eyes opening

The team arrived home

(gong chimes)

Godly music plays

Learning about sacrifice

Pizza has arrived

(gong chimes)

Barbra manatee

"Stop making all that noise"

Silence is no fun

(gong chimes)

Next day prayer meeting

We might go shopping also

Thanks for all the prayer

(gong chimes)

Please continue to pray for good health and a good nights sleep.

Hasta Luego,

Kathryn the First and El Tigre

James and Casey Are The Smoothest People On This Team. Period.

Today the team was treated by sleeping in until 9:00 am. Yay for the REM cycle. We started out the day at a prayer meeting with the "Jesus: Specialist of the Impossible" Ministry which we all think is a fantastic name. The prayer time was inspirational and very different than what we were used to. We enjoyed a nice lunch at the Metro Plaza mall, as well as a delightful train ride through the food court a.k.a, a children's ride that made us (the crazy Americans in the court) stick out even more. After lunch, we ministered to children and their families at El Salvador's largest pediatric hospital. We delivered snacks and made balloon animals as well as prayed for the children and their families. It was a tough day but we are confident that God is working in their lives and has it all under control. After the hospital, we spent the evening in San Salvador fellowshipping and eating food not from a food court :). Tomorrow we will be serving at a church in Tacuba, a small town two hours from the capital. Please pray for energy and intestinal fortitude (a go-to request nowadays). We are sorry about how normal the blog is. It's late and we want to go to bed. Yay for the REM cycle.

Over and Out,

The Dream Team (Casey and James)

P.S.

Casey- Hello family. I haven't heard a peep from you so I'm assuming you all have gotten lost in on undiscovered island without a signal. I'll be praying for you.

James- Mom if you are reading this I want an iPhone too.

Monday

Happy Monday from El Salvador!

After a wonderful weekend at the lake and in the mountains we started the week off in a small community in the countryside. We met with a group of women and children who had gathered together to learn a little bit about home gardening so the women can begin to grow some of their own food for their families. The man who was to teach the agriculture lesson was ill, so we had to go to Plan B. Flexibility is always key on missions trips and we got to practice that today.

One of the Linda's shared a devotion that talked about how God values women. We spent some time praying over the women and children, asking God to provide for specific needs in their lives. Several students commented that this time of prayer was a highlight for them today. It is amazing to think about how God can hear and understand our prayers in English at the same time that he understands prayers in Spanish.

Part of our flexibility involved some a cappella worship songs (we didn't have the guitar because we were supposed to be gardening, not singing). We also spent some time playing with the kids who were at the gathering. Also an exercise in flexibility and creativity.

For lunch we were surprised with a couple of hours at the lovely beach home of Mercedes, one of the ministry leaders here in El Salvador. We ate lunch outside watching and listening to the Pacific Ocean, then spent some time resting and relaxing with our feet dangling in the pool. We could eat lunch there every day.

After lunch we went to another small town, and repeated our morning program with a new group of women and their children. We had fun laughing with and playing with the kids and were moved by another opportunity to pray for women in need.

For dinner we went to a Pupuseria, and had pupusas. Pupusas are our favorite Salvadorean food! They are a corn tortilla stuffed with some combination of beans, cheese, meat, and veggies. Yum yum!

Tummy update: we're on our way back to normal. After a day of rest yesterday everyone was able to go with us today. Tomorrow we will go to a prayer meeting in the morning, and spend the afternoon with some children at a hospital. We will visit with cancer patients, burn victims, and kids with eye problems. Please pray for us tomorrow as we serve, especially during our visit to the hospital.

Horses and Coffee and Ziplines, OH MY!!!

This won't be nearly as good as Megans...our apologies :)

Things that were sassy today: the horses (tried to run a few times and one tried to throw James as we were seeing the beautiful El Salvadorian countryside while riding up a mountain), Raul Dalton (our awesome translators' youngest brother tested whether Kara really did know her history, sadly she did not get her degree in French or Salvadorian history so she failed) and Kathryn and Chris' stomachs (please keep them in your prayers)

Things that were delicious: the frozen cappuccinos (for only $1.50!!), the steak, avocado, tomato and yummy sauced sandwiches (does not need anymore explanation) and the complimentary cup of coffee at the end of the tour ("muy bueno"). (Editor's note: we toured a coffee plantation today)

Cool experiences: Riding untrained horses up a beautiful mountain (and getting to see Birds of Paradise, more beautiful flowers, distant volcanoes and other breathtaking views), ziplining (and seeing the views while feeling the wind in our faces) and having a tour of the coffee manufacturing (IT STARTS AS A CHERRY/GRAPE/CRANBERRY LOOKING THING, it's crazy...and crazy delicious, smelling the coffee resting room and looking at cool souvenirs)

And some more: It's great having the Lindas here and being part of our times, we don't quite know our plans for tomorrow we ask for prayers as we are flexible AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY :) LOVE YOU!!

Meredith and Tori

Nightly News with Megan Bush

(NEWS INTRO MUSIC WITH COOL SHOTS OF MEGAN PREPARING HERSELF FOR TAKE-OFF)

...[to be read in Megan's news anchor voice]

Good evening, welcome to San Salvador News, your number one provider for all news San Salvador. I'm Megan Bush. Here are tonights top stories (camera angle change). A misfortune happened today. Ten Americans and three Salvadorians had fun at Lake Coatapeque, a little too much fun. The story takes place at one of the Salvadorians, Alberto's, lake house, in which the people were generously invited to. They spent the day riding around in a boat and sometimes a hotdog, yes, a hotdog. They had a refreshing meal on Alberto's patio of steak and potatoes as they looked out onto the water. Says one of the Americans Casey Britton, "It was mmm. good." Sadly this story doesn't have a happy ending. All but Alberto had to leave the lake after lunch. Luckily, they got to take some precious memories home with them.

Mmm. Tragic news. And now to Megan Bush for sports (switch camera views, again).

Thank you Megan Bush. Well clearly we can see here during the fencing match between Alberto and the El Salvadorian black spider, Alberto is showing complete dominance. The match ended with Alberto flinging the spider into its doom. Back to you Megan (switch camera view back).

Thanks Megan. Wow, interesting match it sounds like. In other news, Sarah Parshley had to leave the Terrific Ten this morning and the remaining nine are feeling out of place. As the leader, Kara, did head counts throughout the day she kept realizing all too late, there were only 8 heads to count. Sarah was a great asset to the Terrific Ten with her knowledge of the bible, calm spirit, and her hilarious side comments always brightened the teams day. The team wants to pass on this message, "we love you, you will be missed."

This just in. Two new Americans have just joined the Terrific Ten, now the terrific nine, and Mr. Crews. They are two ladies who go by the name of "Linda Linda," as both of their names are, in fact, Linda. The Terrific Ten have not yet met these ladies but are anxiously waiting on the moment they do. Now to our field reporter Megan Bush (switch to a pathetic looking Megan in a poncho in the rain).

Megan Bush here at the hotel, noticing that there isn't really a lot of movement out here Megan! I'm pretty sure most of the guests are winding down. Although if you ask me it would be pretty hard after a day like this one. Also, it's raining pretty hard over here! I just talked to a bus driver though who said he got an applause for backing up safely into this steep driveway. Speaking of which, here is Megan with the weather, Megan? (switch camera angle yet again.)

Thank you Megan! And yes, it sure is wet out there folks! Looks like rain tonight up in these parts (pointing to a weather map of ...El Salvador) and it will stop by early morning. Tomorrow it looks sunny which should be good for maybe a trip to the coffee plantation, although, I can't be sure seeing as I can't read a weather map. Back to Megan with the news.

Thank you Megan! Everyone here in El Salvador seems to be doing nothing short of amazing! Oh, I'm getting something from our field reporter Megan Bush asking if we can give a shout out to her mother, father, sister, brother, burns, craigs, petersons, bakers, her dog, guatemala team, lunch bunch, aunt, uncle,...okay Megan we can't keep going out time is running out, sorry. Thank you for tuning into San Salvador News this evening, we'll see you tomorrow! OH, and stay phat Americans.

(NEWS OUTRO MUSIC WITH SUPER FANTASTICAL AWESOME SHOTS OF MEGAN RENEE BUSHEL...AND I GUESS THE CAMERA WOMAN KARA <3 )

Goodbyes Really, Really, Really Stink

Today, being our last day in Sonsonate at the Deaf school, was especially hard. We were really sad to leave our new friends, and many hugs were given. And who knew that eyes can sweat, according to Tori, whose compassion leaks through her eyes.

We learned "Little Swag's" real name - Melvin. Who knew the name Melvin was Spanish? Praying over teachers and students solidified our bond with them. The students had a skit and dance prepared for us as well as some really cool pens. (We'll show you when we get home.)

We moved from Sonsonate back to San Salvador and are currently staying in a castle. Unfortunately Greg the Gecko did not make the bus to our new place, but I am sure that he is enjoying the company of the noisy Canadians who are now inhabiting our quaint and pleasant hotel (their ability to keep us awake will not be missed by any of us). Four girls are staying in one room, soon to be three as we are saying goodbye to Sarah at 4:00 am in the morrow. She is traveling to Illinois to attend her Grandfather's funeral (sad face).We will miss her a lot; she was such a great and encouraging asset to the team and we are very thankful to have been able to spend the past week with her. Tomorrow new adventures will start for all of us (for some of us our adventures will be starting at 4am, so we should probably be signing off).

Written with Joy by Sarah and Meredith

(All big words attributed to Sarah)

Thursday

Kara here for the team tonight. Sadly I'm not nearly as creative as the students, so my post will be much less... interesting. No fairy tale beginnings, Pulitzer Prize worthy works of art, or raps, just some normal prose to update you on our day in El Salvador.

We had a good day today at the Deaf School. The team shared the story of Daniel and the Lion's Den. We learned the sign for lion, and the kids

looked pretty ferocious and hungry as they prowled around Daniel, I was waiting for someone to take a bite out of Chris. We connected Daniel's story to times in our own lives when we felt afraid and saw God provide for us. Meredith, Megan, and James shared personal stories of fear and trusting in God through that fear.

We sang a few songs for the students too; all of them high energy with lots of motions they can follow along with. We also made lions that doubled as much needed fans. Today was definitely a hot day.

After lunch,while the students were sharing the drama and lesson with the older students, I took some time to relax. I now have a new favorite manicurist. I admired the fingernails of one of the teachers and the next thing I knew one of the moms was painting my nails. In an effort to not offend I had to sit through a manicure in the shade and watch the team's presentation from a distance.

I continue to be amazed as I watch God work in our lives this week. He has given us some neat opportunities to just be with the students, and teachers. We have certainly made some precious friends this week.

Tomorrow will be our last day at the Deaf School. Please pray for our final few hours with these precious children, teachers, and mothers. We will all be leaving pieces of our hearts here when we leave. However, we will take sweet memories and lots of new facebook friends with us when we go.

A visual update

El Salvadorian Swag Chronicles: Part 3

This post is to be sung to the tune of the theme song from the Fresh Prince of Bel Air

This is the story all about how

this blog got flipped turned upside down

Now we would like to take a minute just sit right there

We'll tell you all about the adventures of this dashing pair(James and Joseph)

In Western El Salvador in a junk food daze

at a deaf school is where we're spending most of our days

Chillin at the school with the chillins and the moms

Seeing lots of critters, Greg the gecko is the bomb

dun dun duuun dun duuuuuun du

dun dun duuun dun duuuuuun du

Done a couple skits about David and Goliath,

we taught the kids all about fighting your giants.

We had one mock fight and James fell off a chair

He got knocked out by a David who has red hair(Meredith)

dun dun duuun dun duuuuuun du

dun dun duuun dun duuuuuun du

We pulled up to the school a little later then 8:00

cause we were waiting all morning and our breakfast was late.

We yelled to our driver "Adios!" "See ya later"

We had a fun day, thank you for all the prayer,

It was soooooo much cooler than a day in Bel Air.

dun dun duuun dun duuuuuun du

dun dun duuun dun duuuuuun du

Signing off

J-Money and J-Swizzelz

Birthday Celebrations With a Side of Ministry

Today was Tori's birthday, therefore, the team "prepared" a choreographed dance and song combo as we were about to depart from Hotel Agape (where we are currently residing). It went smoothly and we achieved the level of annoyance and embarrassment that we had hoped for: mission accomplished. Today was also the first day we were going to present our drama and song and craft and activity to the kids. We chose a modern-style for our dramatization of "The Good Samaritan" with a dash of fútbol. As you might have guessed, we were phenomenal and received high marks from the audience. Another intended response was the high-level comprehension of the lesson, "Love your neighbor as yourself" (Luke 10:27). Afterwards, we sang and danced to "Everlasting Love" performed by our musical aficionado, Chris Marshall, along with the swagettes, a.k.a. the rest of the team. We did this with both the young chillens and the adolecents. Both were truly moved by our hot beats, so much so we were forced to present an encore presentation of "Tooty Tot". Once we pulled ourselves away from our adoring audience, we had them construct and transform a meaningless, blank white circle into a majestic, awe-inspiring, biblically-correct fútbol ball that would take a grown man's breath away. Afterwards we spent time with the adolecents, who taught us the way of "The Sign". It turns out that the language barrier, which requires double-translation (English to Spanish, Spanish to Sign), has not been as difficult to overcome as our young minds had once perceived. Later that evening, we smuggled in a decadent and mouth-watering chocolate cake, made from the richest ingredients that only God Himself could have miraculously and generously provided. We proceeded to surprise Tori with this God-inspired creation and sang "Happy Birthday" for the 100,456,987th time to date. Due to our lack of eating utensils and other resources, we decided it was in the best interest of all parties to floss the cake. Yes, I said it, FLOSS the cake. The cake was good.

This piece of literature was authored by Christopher Marshall and Acacia Britton and has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

Post-Script: Kara is a fun-sucker and is forcing us to retreat to our resting quarters.

We're Still Here

We are settled in at the Agape Hotel and Retreat Center run by the Catholic Church in Sonsonate. We got here yesterday morning, dropped off our bags and went straight to the Deaf School to spend some time with the kids there. Since our time there was short yesterday and the older kids had a field trip in the afternoon we did not spend much time at the school. We were unable to blog last night because of a storm that knocked out the power. Some of the kids will blog later tonight.

-Kara

p.s. We really do know that conejo (rabbit) is muy delicioso. Joseph ordered it at dinner last night, Kathryn tried it, and they both say it's pretty good. :)

Food, Music and Sea Crabs

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away there were two girls sitting on Kara's bed at 9:09 p.m. transcribing the adventures of the team of eleven on the world wide web. These two stunningly gorgeous young ladies were named Tori and Kathryn and they gladly volunteered to chronicle their journey of July 10th.

July 9th:

With thunder roaring and lightning flashing, the team drifted into a sweet slumber before waking to the sound of a non-celluluar device alarm clock. The day began.

July 10th:

After a quick breakfast they headed off to the Hilton Princess San Salvador Hotel where the Sunday worship service was held. The two girls thought the worship was incredible. Energy reverberated throughout the room and voices glorified the Most High.

During the sermon, 7-8 translators sat amongst the team members whispering Peter's words spoken through Acts 10.

Afterwards they traveled to the mall in their Sunday bests and enjoyed a lunch of their choice. Then they were off to the beach. At the beach the Pacific Ocean Beach Angels dashed through the wicked currents and black sands enjoying the warm tropical air.

The young group took a 2.5K trek towards a rock wall and basin filled with many tidal pools. Each pool danced with crabs, sea anemones, fish, and sea slugs. The team's faces lit up at the sight of God's creation. It was beautiful.

2.5 kilometers later, they arrived back at the beach house to rinse off, lounge in hammocks, eat pumpkin seeds, chat, scrape coconuts, and climb coconut trees.

For dinner the enthusiastic group headed over to the local Chinese food place. (What's better than Chinese food? :DDDD Nothing if you ask Kathryn and Tori.)

With tired eyes and thoughts of tomorrow, the team headed back to the hotel to talk about the day and prepare for the deaf school in Sonsonate.

With rain falling towards the earth to water God's plants, we arrive back to Tori and Kathryn sitting upon Kara's bed laughing, chatting, and enjoying life. It is the end of the day. Prayers have been lifted to the heavens, pens have been scribbled across pages, and toothpaste has been brushed across pearly whites. (Especially since now Joseph has a new pink toothbrush.)

Please pray for the teams first interactions with the children, mothers, and teachers at the deaf school. Gracias!

Lots of love,

The two gorgeous young ladies, Tori and Kathryn

PS I love you Mom, Dad, Hannah, Sarah, Allison, Kona and Tobi :)

PSS Se amo, mi familia, mi perra, mi tortuga, mi pez, y mi rabbit. (Como se dices rabbit en ingles?) <3

Safe Arrival

Thanks for praying for us as we travelled today. We are here in El Salvador after a day of easy travel. Our flights were on time and very comfortable. We're a little weary, but excited for what God will do during our time in El Salvador. Everyone is settled in to our rooms at the hotel we'll be in for the next couple of days, and hopefully we're all headed to bed soon. :)

We will go to church in the morning, spend a couple of hours at the beach and use the rest of the day to prep for our first day at the Deaf School on Monday.

Please continue to pray for our team, we're praying for you all at home.

-Kara

Here are a few things we're excited about and would like you to join with us in prayer about:

Kathryn: I'm excited to go to El Salvador because it is the second time I'm going for a missions trip. I'm excited to see how the children have grown and gotten to know Christ more. Please pray that I would step out of my comfort zone and get to know Christ better.

Casey: I'm looking forward to seeing some of the kids I met two years ago, and seeing how they've grown. Please pray that I will stay focused and be prepared for the people and things I will interact with.

Joseph: I'm looking forward to El Salvador. Please pray for a safe time for our team while in El Salvador.

James: I'm looking forward to practicing my Spanish and serving God. Please pray for my dietary concerns while in El Salvador.

Megan: I'm looking forward to getting to know the children and forming relationships with them. Pray that the team has open hearts and minds, and that we listen to what everyone has to say.

Sarah: I'm looking forward to experiencing another culture. Pray that we will work well together.

Tori: I'm excited to meet the children and have a chance to interact with their mothers. Please pray for the health of the team.

Meredith: I am looking forward to playing with the kids and sharing Jesus' love too, even though there will be multiple language barriers. Please pray that we would all stay safe and healthy.

Chris: I'm looking forward to experiencing how another culture worships God. Please pray for us to bond as a team and make connections with the people we interact with.

Kara: I'm excited to serve with this group of students and see what God has to teach us about himself while we are in El Salvador. Please pray for unity, love, energy, and safety for the team.

Meet the team!

Introducing the 2011 ISM El Salvador Team!

Back row (L to R): Meredith, James, Kathryn, Tori, and Kara

Front row (Left to Right): Joseph, Chris, Casey, Megan, and Sarah