Construction Site, week 1
We worked with a mission team from Tennessee and Virginia, helping to build a parsonage (the residence for a pastor). In this space will also be built a sanctuary and Sunday school classrooms! Here are some pictures: |
| This stone work is there before any of the other buildings |
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| The beginnings of the parsonage |
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| Moving blocks and dirt |
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| Moving dirt |
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| Dirt-y jobs |
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| Very enthusiastic mission team! |
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| Professional dirt firmers. lol |
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| House, trees, mountains |
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| Meredith and the empty wheelbarrow :-P |
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| More dirt, for cement |
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| This is Reggie. He is 80 years old and comes down twice a year to El Salvador for mission trips. Ben will be him in 55 years. |
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| Push-starting the truck. Note Reggie (in the blue jumpsuit. hehe) |
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| Reg, showing me his camera, Ben looking on. |
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| 750 cement blocks taken off that truck. Yup. |
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| We had a good assembly line going. |
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| Meredith and Reg match! |
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| So happy to have a pic with Reggie! |
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| Aroche, the hear contractor |
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| Would you look at all that progress! |
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| Making these to reinforce the walls |
Bible School, week 1
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| All the children who came! |
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| So... I'm not supposed to have favorites, but... :-P |
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| Hernando! |
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| Making up games with a jump-rope! |
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| Love me some silly jump rope games |
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| The last day, making fish! |
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| What a cute fish. |
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| Such a great group! |
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| Natalie, my fav. |
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| Yvette and Natalie eating their Friday treat! |
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| It was pretty yummy |
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| Natalie put all her stuff inside this box, and then laughed and laughed as she put it on her head! |
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| And laughed even more putting it on Yvette's head! |
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| Miss these gals already! |
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| This was after poor Natalie had a little meltdown. Good to know I speak enough Spanish to calm down a 4 year old when she wants to go home! |
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| Some more of the great kids!!! |
Sight-seeing
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| Mayan Ruins |
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| Steps to get up one side |
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| Don't wear flip flops when you're going to climb up ruins. Or... don't climb ruins when you're wearing flip flops |
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| Some artifacts in the museum |
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| Bowl, artifact in the museum |
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| from the front |
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| Cemetery right next door |
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| Coffee beans! |
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| really funky flower/plant |
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| Tortuga! |
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| Group from Week 2 |
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| LOVE this plant |
San Salvador
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| The church where Oscar Romero was assassinated |
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| "On this altar Oscar Romero offered his life for his people" |
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| Romero saw his assassins walk in. They shot him after his sermon |
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| Outside of where he lived |
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| "Prophet and Martyr" |
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| A portrait of Oscar Romero |
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| "If they kill me, I will be resurrected in the El Salvadorian people" |
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| View from on top of a mountain/volcano |
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| crater |
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| Panoramic |
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| Such a cool crater |
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| YAY recycling!! |
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| Love the bird in the tree |
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| Riding in the back of the truck. El Salvadorian style |
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| Church in San Salvador! |
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| Another church in San Salvador |
Wonderful, Christa! You look so happy :)
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