Hey all
Just thought I´d take a minute to go into a little more detail now that I have some time. Everything is going great. It took me a few days to adjust to the complete change of lifestyle. I, like most Americans, am completely spoiled and I´m realizing that more and more every day that I am here. I have so many things that I could do without and I never really realized that until now.
Here is my schedule that I have for the weekdays:
5:30ish - wake up, cold shower (which is actually QUITE refreshing since I wake up sweating!), get ready
7:20ish - get picked up by Hermano Jorge. Lauren, Laurel, Hermana Idalia, KT and Teddy (guy interns) all go to CISNA. Teddy does sports with the boys, KT teaches the boys English and myself and all the other girls go to the girls detention center and work with the girls who are awaiting their sentence. We do a Bible lesson and then teach English
11:30ish - Lunch
1:30ish - Laurel and I go to CIPI to work with some of the girl orphans. We usually do arts and crafts, a game or something like that. Yesterday we were able to work with the kids with special needs in the center which was amazing and incredibly sad at the same time.
4:45ish - arrive back at the Promise House.
Last night all the interns started to have intern devotions. We are going to do them every other night. It is so nice to actually have a BIble study IN ENGLISH!! And its also great to just relax and unwind with the rest of the group who can understand our joys and frustrations of the day. God brought a great group down here and I´m so thankful to have these people here with me. They´re great!
Please continue to pray for us as we are here. So far we´ve remained healthy so that is a huge praise! On Saturday we have the day off so we are going to La Playa!! (beach) It will be nice to relax and see the beautiful beach of El Salvador!
Im so thankful for all of the support and prayers I have from home. It helps more than you know! Love and miss you guys a ton and will gladly go to Starbucks with anyone when I return ahah Im having withdrawls :)
Oh and Happy Birthday MOM!! love you!
-Sam
Thanks babe, the best birthday gift ever was hearing from you! I am glad that things are going well. Know that we are praying for you always. Let the Holy Spirit lead you in everything you do. LOVE YOU SOOOO MUCH!!!!
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Sounds like your days are filled to the brim with activites and new adventures. Your excitement for all you are doing shows that the Lord is leading you in every step. Thanks again for answering the call of the Lord to go and do-you are amazing. Thanks, too, for the reminder of how very spoiled we all are. The packers are here today and as box after box gets filled with STUFF it was a great reminder to me that there is so much of it that we could do without. You are in our thoughts and prayers-Miss Martina
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