We have returned home from a week long mission’s trip with the team to El Salvador. It was an awesome experience with our entire team (25 total). We ministered at a local church the first Sunday, we did painting and maintenance work at the Shalom Children’s Home (http://www.harvesting.org/) and did kids club activities in the afternoon, and we worked in a local village drilling a fresh water well and teaching hygiene to the people that lived there (http://www.water.cc/).
I believe that not only did the trip allow us to serve those in the village as well as in the children’s home, but to serve each other in a way that we had not experienced before. The perspective that was gained as well as being in that environment with the team will allow us to have an intimacy that we have not had previous. It was a time for us as a team to bond together, serve together, and come along side one another in a way, in a place, and in an environment that many had never been. The kids at the children’s home captivated the team member’s hearts that were there. The drill/hygiene team was able to get into the village and spend time with those whose environment is radically different than anything that we would be used to, and experience a joy from those who appeared to have nothing on the surface but who where rich to the core. The perspective that all of us gained will be a blessing and a challenge for all of us as we get ready to come back together in January. Many of us will miss the relationships that have begun with those in El Salvador (The Savior) and may prompt several of us to make a return trip in the future, to continue the work that was begun there.
I am excited to see how God uses this trip in order to prepare us for road life together once again in January. What a blessing it has been.
Pictures of the trip can be found at the links below:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ben.slenk/ElSalvadorDrillSiteAndHygiene#
http://picasaweb.google.com/ben.slenk/ElSalvadorShalomChildrenSHome#
http://picasaweb.google.com/ben.slenk/ElSalvadorPainting#
I believe that not only did the trip allow us to serve those in the village as well as in the children’s home, but to serve each other in a way that we had not experienced before. The perspective that was gained as well as being in that environment with the team will allow us to have an intimacy that we have not had previous. It was a time for us as a team to bond together, serve together, and come along side one another in a way, in a place, and in an environment that many had never been. The kids at the children’s home captivated the team member’s hearts that were there. The drill/hygiene team was able to get into the village and spend time with those whose environment is radically different than anything that we would be used to, and experience a joy from those who appeared to have nothing on the surface but who where rich to the core. The perspective that all of us gained will be a blessing and a challenge for all of us as we get ready to come back together in January. Many of us will miss the relationships that have begun with those in El Salvador (The Savior) and may prompt several of us to make a return trip in the future, to continue the work that was begun there.
I am excited to see how God uses this trip in order to prepare us for road life together once again in January. What a blessing it has been.
Pictures of the trip can be found at the links below:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ben.slenk/ElSalvadorDrillSiteAndHygiene#
http://picasaweb.google.com/ben.slenk/ElSalvadorShalomChildrenSHome#
http://picasaweb.google.com/ben.slenk/ElSalvadorPainting#
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