El Salvador Mission Trip Saturday Evening Update

Posted on May 30, 2010 by Buddy Champion

Another day in El Salvador which means….another day of rain.  It has rained every day since we have been here.  But today there was even more rain because Tropical Storm Agatha has hit!  The rain didn’t stop us from our task and we had a great day of ministry.

This morning we worked with the youth from Candace’s church.  We swam, played soccer, threw the football, played soccer some more, played Uno, played Wii and then played soccer some more.  They absolutely love soccer and they put us to shame when we played with them.  They stayed until lunch time and as they were leaving the 22 orphans we visited on Wednesday came to us.  We were so happy to see them again.  Kevin Johnson, one of children’s ministry summer interns, taught the Bible story until free time (and yes, soccer was involved once again).  After eating pizza and snow cones we gave them each a new set of clothes donated by our church members  We were also able to provide each child with a brand new Bible that was appropriate for their reading level.  I wish you could have seen some of their faces when they received their clothes and Bibles.  Like we mentioned in the earlier blog, we had the chance to give them some new mattresses and pillows for the kids who did not have either.

Thanks to your giving to FBCT we were able to provide these incredible gifts to the boys.  It was hard not to get emotional seeing them load into the back what looked like a U-Haul truck and just hold on for their hour ride up to the orphanage on a dirt road.  I have seen animals that have traveled in better conditions than these precious kids.  As they left they all asked us, “Please say that we will see you again.”  We have all learned so much from this trip, but probably the greatest lesson we have learned is just how blessed we are.

Tomorrow (Sunday) we will go to church where we will participate in the service by preaching and sharing testimonies. Depending on the path of the Tropical Storm we may have the afternoon to go sightseeing before we head back to Birmingham on Monday.  Thank you so much for your prayers.