Day 7 Blog – Luann Smith Our last day in the community was full of love, gratitude, and FUN! Thanks to the generosity of two very special Heartland families: Bill Fischer and Larry Hartsook, Cerna school became a reality approximately 11 years ago. The school is used by kindergarten through fourth grades. One teacher is … Continue reading El Salvador Mission Trip, Day 7
Category: El Salvador 2019
Monday, June 17, 2019 Water. In America, water is something that is taken for granted, but not here in El Salvador. Today, after squeezing 25 people into back of the Pastoral House’s Kia truck, we journeyed to Caserio Cerna’s water source. “Duck.” “Clear” “Duck.” “Clear.” This was the sound 23 people heard as Alex and … Continue reading El Salvador Mission Trip, Day 6
we gather from near and far to hear our sisters and brothers, from caserios and cities, expressing in spanish and english. yet a common voice speaks out above all. hope, faith, peace, and perseverance resonates and flows through all our souls. we all feel. we all know. we all join together, to pray and to … Continue reading El Salvador Mission Trip, Day 5
On Saturday, June 15, 2019 I visited Cerna. Cerna is a collection of people who are labelled as poor in society. The people there do not have many things, most only have three sets of clothes. When our delegation came to their community, the first thing that struck me was their grace. When we arrived, … Continue reading El Salvador Mission Trip, Day 4
What does the Lord require of you? Today we walked with our brothers and sisters of Berlin as we continued to learn the story of El Salvador’s past and hopes for the future. During our travels and walks today, we visited El Mozote, the small village where, in 1980, 1,000 men, women and children were … Continue reading El Salvador Mission Trip, Day 3
June 13, 2019 By Kathy What a joy it has been for me to greet and “host” Heartland’s El Salvador delegation. I am in a unique position in that I am serving as interim Mission Co-Worker as well as being a member of this fabulous church. For all the other delegations, I am just their … Continue reading El Salvador Mission Trip, Day 2
Wednesday, June 12 We have arrived! We gathered at the Des Moines airport at the unholy hour of 4:30 AM for our 6 AM flight to El Salvador. We had a contest to see whose bag could get closest to the weight restriction of 50 lbs. without going over. (We are carrying to El Tablon … Continue reading El Salvador Mission Trip, Day 1