Hello all!My Heartland friends left this morning so now I have some time to make reports. This is the first one. I hope to make a "delegation" report next.Love you guys. See you in about a month! -Kathy 2025 June 20 - Tablón Centro and Cerna Food Delivery ReportDownload
Category: El Salvador 2025
2025 El Salvador Delegation: A Trip in Review
In June of 2025, a small group of Heartlanders excitedly boarded a plane to visit our sister village of Tablón Cerna, El Salvador. Tablón Cerna is located in the rural mountains near Berlin, El Salvador. View this slideshow to learn about their adventures and time spent with our brothers and sisters in Christ. The 2025 delegation to El Salvador is grateful for the congregation’s prayers and support. Heartland is excited to report that, while on the trip, the delegation had the joy of renewing our 5-year covenant with Tablón Cerna and the Tablón Centro Miracle Committee! We look forward to a future together in faith and friendship.
You can also check out blog entries from our time in El Salvador below.
Sunday, June 22nd El Salvador is an explosion of color. From the vibrant trees to the vivid flowers. The mountains burst with life, uncontained by whatever forces Iowa to become a mixture of brown and grey. The markets of Berlin showcase how the landscape's nature bleeds into the people's culture. Clothes, shops, bags, and food … Continue reading El Salvador Blog, 06/22/25
Saturday, June 21st I am perpetually in awe of the beauty that surrounds us in El Salvador. From the rolling mountains, to the vivid murals and housing, it’s easy to be overwhelmed with emotion basking in God’s creation. The greatest beauty by far are the families and leaders of Cerna and Centro who have been … Continue reading El Salvador Blog, 6/21/25
Friday, Jun 20, 2025 Greetings from beautiful and humid El Salvador! This was our first day of visiting Heartland’s village partners. We started with breakfast at the pastoral house. Then loaded all the food, medical gift bags and people (12 total) including the pastoral team, delegation members and a translator into the Kia truck and … Continue reading El Salvador Blog, 6/20/25
June 19, 2025 Today’s Heartland delegation took a 3+ hour journey from the Pastoral House to El Mozote where we heard about the horrific 1980 massacre. One thousand children, women and men were brutally killed by the military in El Mozote. Our tour guide, Trinidad, lived in a neighboring community during the massacre. Sadly, she … Continue reading El Salvador Blog, 6/19/25