We just got back from a wonderful retreat at a beautiful little hotel out in the western mountains of El Salvador. We all stayed in little cabins surrounded by lush gardens filled with flowers. It was quiet, the temperature was cool, and it was just a nice break from everything we have been doing. The group from Family of Christ in Minnesota is getting ready to head back home on Saturday. During our retreat we all had some time to reflect individually on our experience in El Salvador and then we all shared our reflections with each other during a worship service. It was a much needed time of rest and reflection for myself, but it was also so wonderful to hear from everyone how El Salvador has changed them. I was so impressed by the depth and thought of all the reflections. Some of the high schoolers on the trip can be immature at times, but they all did an incredible job of thinking about and sharing how this trip in El Salvador has changed them and helped them grow in faith. They are mature beyond their years.
Family of Christ has been keeping a daily blog while they have been here. You can check out their blog if you want to know what we have been up to and see some great pictures too. The blog is here. I´m really sorry that I have been doing such a poor job of blogging. We have been so busy and the computers here are a pain to use and I´ve just felt really overwhelmed with everything that I want to be writing about. When I get home I´ll try to do better.
Pastor Matias is in the hospital. He has been sick for some time with pneumonia. The oral antibiotics he was taking weren´t helping so they took him into the hospital on Monday night so he could get IV antibiotics and get taken care of. Please keep him in your prayers.
