Rumbo a El Salvador!

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Rumbo a El Salvador! 

We finally made it to El Salvador! After over a year of postponement, we visited our neighbor two borders to the north of Nicaragua. Traveling by bus was complicated this time. I had to journey back to the capital of Managua to take a COVID test. One specific clinic in Nicaragua is approved to give the test in the whole country, and it costs $150, (yes, dollars)! I made several copies of several types of documents in order to leave Nicaragua and enter and leave Honduras. This was something new since the last time I journeyed to El Salvador.  

Gerardo, Freddy and myself
We were invited by Gerardo, Executive Director of Seeds of a New Creation, located in San Salvador, El Salvador. This organization is a 'sister' organization of the Nehemiah Center in Managua, Nicaragua. They share many common themes and methods of outreach to strengthen the local church. Gerardo was hearing from pastors of the challenges they were having brought on by the COVID pandemic and the hard economic shut downs El Salvador went through last year. Of course, even before the pandemic we can say there are problems with how the modern Church views finances. It has always been looked at as a secular thing, that money is something worldly and God has nothing to do with it. We also hear many cultural idioms and myths concerning money that are contrary to the Word of God. Our goal whenever we give a financial stewardship training is to contrast what the culture says, and what the Bible says about money. With the help of the Holy Spirit, we bring the Church back to its role as a manager of all of the resources God gives us to live on earth. 

Freddy and I traveled 14 hours by bus to spend a week in El Salvador, discipling more faithful stewards of God's resources! We had 12 participants in the capital, San Salvador and another 14 in the city of Santa Ana. We were able to complete the entire course in one and a half days for each group, a new method for us that we were unsure about. However, prayer and God's providence allowed us to share the same message, with the same impact! God is good! Later we will continue with follow-up mentoring online, and possibly another in person visit towards the end of the year. 

San Salvador's Faithful Stewards!

Cathedral of Santa Ana
Baptist Seminary, Santa Ana 

Santa Ana's Faithful Stewards!

I did eat a lot of pupusas too! They were good and I was excited to hear the best pupusas use Nicaraguan cheese! 
Pupusas de Chicharron! 



Location: San Salvador, El Salvador

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