I will be doing a few more posts on El Salvador, but I need some processing time. I don't know if you have followed the trip and read the other bloggers posts, but I thought I'd share my favorites.
There was Molly:
My roommate who moved me with her excitement and love for El Salvador. She was in love with Hector... You must meet him too!
Then Kelly:
The one I could always count on to have tears in her eyes before me. I loved watching her adapt to the culture. She made tortilla's (which I am actually fully envious of!), and she squealed like a girl on the soccer field!
Then there was me... All I want to say is... Please help us take one more child out of Poverty.
Look at Denis. He was born on July 11, 2003, He is waiting for a sponsor, will you be his?
Shaun, our leader, my hero.
I admire his love, passion and faith. I long to follow in his footsteps of sacrifice for others. My favorite post that he nailed talked about Hurricane Ira. Did you even know here was a Hurricane? There was. It devastated parts of El Salvador and we were able to see it first hand. Shaun did and incredible post on it.
Then there is Patricia who just made me feel at home.
However she did post one of my favorite moments of all. Check out the singing bunny, or goat, or ....
And finally there is Ms Keely who worked the fotos!
Un foto mas por favor. Oh she worked the spanish too!
Thanks for following along. How did it change you? H
Thanks for sharing about your trip! It has finally made me act on what God has been telling me to do for 11 months, sponsor a child!
Posted by: Jenny | November 14, 2009 at 07:30 PM
I loved meeting you! I really did squeal constantly during soccer. And cry constantly. I'm such a girl. ha!
The trip obviously changed my life! So glad I went!
Posted by: Kelly | November 14, 2009 at 07:41 PM
I want to work for Compassion one day. I feel it in my bones, I want it so badly. We sponsor a child in Kenya and I just can't make the budget stretch to sponsor another right now, but we will eventually. Actually, I want to work for Compassion right now but I live in northern Indiana so I 'm not sure how to make that work. Maybe some day . . . Thanks for sharing your trip.
Posted by: Jen | November 14, 2009 at 07:57 PM
i try to follow every blogger trip that Shaun leads. every time, i'm made re-aware (<--new word??) of the fact that we're blessed to have so much here, and we can make such a huge difference elsewhere. that's always rattling around in my mind, but every time i follow one of these trips, it's fresh all over again. of course you know i was impacted to sponsor another child PRE-trip this go round, but that made this trip a whole lot more personal to me, especially since our new child is from el salvador!
thanks to all of you for sharing with us this past week. glad you made is safely home!
Posted by: dean | November 14, 2009 at 09:57 PM
Thank you for sharing your trip. I have been resisting sponsoring a child for months now because I was so afraid that my own financial instability would come completely in the way of me doing this with serious compassion and that I would just be worried about the money all of the time. I'm so glad I started reading your blog because the Lord has used you to seriously encourage me to think past all of my own selfish issues and to pour into the life of a little girl in El Salvador named Aleyda. You have no idea how excited I am to befriend her and to share the Lord's goodness with her over the next few years! I hope that someday I can even meet her like those of you on this trip have met yours. I love that that is possible now-a-days with trips such as this. Glad you made it safely home :)
-Kayla
Posted by: Kayla Grace | November 15, 2009 at 12:51 PM
I love that it points out how truly life changing sponsoring a child can be...for you and them! We have sponsored Marta for almost 13 years and she is 18! She lives in Ethiopia and we chose her because she and I shared a birthday and then my oldest was born on that day, too! After traveling to Africa in February, I saw first hand that sponsoring a child, gives them food, education and a future. Thank you for reminding me what really matters! Blessings!
Posted by: Kelly | November 15, 2009 at 04:50 PM
Although I read along during the India trip, I really wanted to immerse myself in this trip as my sponsored child is in ES. How did it change me? It made me more aware of the difference in being poor and living in poverty.
You all did such a wonderful job with your blogging and the fruits of your trip will ripple into eternity.
Posted by: pendy | November 15, 2009 at 06:13 PM
It made me finally decide to sponsor another child there in El Salvador. This time a teenager :) Trying to get to him before the gangs do.
Posted by: Aydee | November 15, 2009 at 07:56 PM
I've already said it all here...
http://socompletely.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/why-i-finally-chose-to-sponsor/
But it comes down to it finally made me listen to what God has been telling me for a couple of years now.
Posted by: Ali | November 15, 2009 at 08:31 PM
Aydee, teenage boys are the best kids to sponsor because they are the least to be picked. Thank you! H
Posted by: whittakerwoman@yahoo.com | November 16, 2009 at 05:52 AM
Hey guys Sergio was sponsored and now I have Denis. H
Posted by: whittakerwoman@yahoo.com | November 16, 2009 at 06:09 AM
We just sponsored a little four year old boy, Jefferson, from El Salvador through Compassion. Thank you for being the vessel that God used to move our hearts to do so. I know we will look forward to establishing a loving relationship and praying for little Jefferson.
Posted by: Danelle Townsend | November 17, 2009 at 05:32 AM
Heather,
Just wanted to let you know that YOU were responsible for our sponsoring Kweku in Ghana. I came upon your blog through your adoption of Losiah(We have adopted 3x in Korea). It was your trip to Uganda that the Holy Spirit led us to Kweku. I just want you to know that what you write does make a difference and does inspire.
Sally
Posted by: sally | November 18, 2009 at 01:17 PM