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U.S. Team; Mark & Lana; Shoes for Chuntrun; Earthquake

This blogging idea is a good one, but I have been quite lax in keeping it up. In the last several weeks much has gone on:

Loma Larga - Loma Larga is a place just across the river from us. It is accessible by foot bridge (swinging, of course) year round. It is accessible by car during the dry season and by some vehicles year round. We can see this place from our back window. We went there to drop in on some of the locals and invite them to church. We had a couple impromptu Bible studies while there, and invited the children to our Wednesday morning movies.

December U.S. Team - The December U.S. team has come and gone. There was much done that week. visit to Chuntrun (I stayed in La Palma), Campaign in San Ignacio, VBS in La Palma & San Ignacio, school graduation ceremonies, many meetings, and much last minute activities. After the visit to Chuntrun we all met in San Ignacio for a meal prepared for the U.S. team (and my family) by the ladies of Chuntrun and San Ignacio. I preached in San Ignacio and gave the commencement speech at the graduation. I also gave the reflection for the Lord's Supper in Ocotepque completely in Spanish without a translator. Also, in Ocotepeque, we gave out many stuffed animals to the children in the Children's Program.

Mark & Lana Visited - After we dropped the team off at the airport, we went to the nearby hotel to pick up Mark and Lana Wilkins (Lori's sister and brother-in-law). They had come for a week-long visit. We had an adventure way up (WAY UP) the adjacent mountain.
Getting ready to leave for Cumbre de Gramal
On the way back down, we stopped in Cumbre de San Jose.
Lana (an RN) and Hiliana (a local RN) set up a mini-clinic in Cumbra de Gramal (sp?) and we gave out vitamins, medicines, clothes, and toys to lots of people. We got a little nervous when some of he local youth got curious and took up observation points in various locations, but they were just curious and getting up the courage to swallow pride and ask for help. Later in the week, we went to Tazumal and visited some Mayan ruins - incredible! Then we headed to the beach overnight before returning Mark and Lana to their hotel. They returned to the U.S. Saturday.

Shoes for Chuntrun - Many of you will have seen the posts on Ralph McClurg's Facebook and mine about the need for shoes for the children of Chuntrun. Today most of them (except for 2 families) came to the church compound and went a family at a time to the shoe store to receive their new shoes. We showed a movie (VeggieTales - in Spanish) in the auditorium, but most of the children spent their time coloring pages from a Fun Pad (sent by someone from the U.S.), playing on the playground equipment, or playing futbol in the courtyard.

Earthquake - As I was typing the second paragraph of this blog an earthquake occurred off the coast of El Salvador; magnitude 5.6; 58 km SW of San Miguel. We felt it here. I am still a little dizzy from it - like I just got off a ride at Six Flags. No one hurt here and no damages reported yet.

Maybe pictures will follow soon.

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