Well folks, we had another successful mission trip to El Salvador. We had a total of eleven hard working people.
We had a number of moving experiences, but the one that got to me was arriving at Cristo Rey Lutheran Church. When Laurie Johnson got off the Habitat bus, her expression and tears told the whole story. She had last seen the church when she was working on the foundation in 2014. It was a joy to see her reaction at seeing the finished church for the first time.
Over the last eight years we have gone, I cannot believe how everybody is so moved by the love shown by the El Salvador people. The Habitat for Humanity employees are folks who cannot do enough to help us in any way they can.
We also had the pleasure to take the profit from our annual coffee sales to the ladies of the Getsemani Co-op. It was a joy to see their happiness when they received the money, especially when they were not expecting it.
JIm and Dinora, head of the Getsemani Women's Co-Op, receives a monetary donation from sales of coffee and jewelry via Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Champaign.
Thank you to all Good Shepherd folks who supported this trip. Please read on for more El Salvador memories.
Jim and Francis at the San Salvador Airport, July 28, 2018.
