Less than One Month!!!

In one month from yesterday, 14 people will be in El Salvador! It's hard to believe that it's so close!

A lot is already finished. Our number is set at 14, everyone is registered, and almost everyone's paperwork is filled out. The tickets are purchased, and everyone seems excited to get there!

We got an update from Habitat El Salvador today. We will be building in the area around Sonsonate, a beautiful little town almost directly west of San Salvador. It's where I built when I was there in August, and I'm excited to go back.

There has been one change to the itinerary. Instead of taking the free day at the end of our trip to go to the beach, we have decided we would rather see some of the beauty that is the country. So we're going instead to a little town in the mountains named Juauya. It has some beautiful hiking and waterfalls around, and the town itself has a very rare black Jesus statue (it was burned in a fire and never repainted). Best of all, it has a huge food festival in town every weekend, and it's supposed to be one of the best in the country.

I spoke to the leader of the trip I took in August, and she and her husband are helping me set up our hotel in San Salvador. If it works out, we'll be at the Casa Concordia and connected with the El Salvador Lutheran Church. Hopefully we'll even have a chance to meet and talk with Bishop Gomez. We'll keep you updated!