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| El Salvador November 2016 Team! (Almost all of us) |
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| The rest of the team :) |
"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your front door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to."
(from The Lord of the Rings) J.R.R. Tolkien
Twenty-four people are walking out their front door this
Saturday (Nov 5th) and heading off to El Salvador with the goal of bringing
hope and building homes in the village of Rio Frio! God has provided in amazing ways so that we
can build 12 homes for families struggling with poverty. We also have the privilege of doing Children’s
and Ladies ministry in the village which gives us a great opportunity to
connect and build relationships in the community. Thank you to the many people that
support this ministry financially and in prayer that help make this possible!
It is dangerous when you walk out your front door, because
there is a risk and it takes courage to get out of your comfort zone. (Of course, hopefully we won’t have
adventures like Frodo had!) But it can also be scary because you have to give
of yourself. A part of me wonders, am I
up to the task? What do I really have to
offer? Will I make mistakes and botch
things up? But I am encouraged by the
verse that says “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers a
multitude of sins”. (1 Peter 4:8) The
only kind of love that covers a multitude of sins is the love of God; the kind
of love that sacrificed His son to bring peace, joy, healing and redemption to
the world. So as we go, our desire is
that God would use us and work through us to show His love to the people of El
Salvador as we serve them. That is the
most important thing that we can do.
We ask for your continued prayers, especially while we are there
from Nov 5th to 13th.
We hope to keep you up to date in the blog with stories of the families
and how God is working in El Salvador.
