The Bishop & The Flatbed

Yesterday, after we returned home from the market, we ate one of El Salvador´s cultural dishes . . . the pupusa.  Jessica helped make them!  It´s basically a tortilla filled with cheese or beans and then grilled on a hot stove.  And yes, Isaac, they really were delicious. In case you were worried about the children, they are getting along fine with the new food.  Levi, of course, eats everything with a passion, much to Read More …

Saturday, Day 1

Things are going incredibly well.  We arrived at the Lutheran Guest house in El Salvador and met two wonderful sisters and their children.  Levi and Caedmon have taken to them and consequently we have babysitters.  Today we visited the Jesuit University.  Toward the end of the civil war here, 6 priests were killed (this was in the late 80´s.)  The university has set up a museum in their honor.  I got to see the clerical Read More …

El Salvador

Well friends, The eagle has landed.  We are in country and all is well.  It looks like my iphone is not fully functional in El Salvador and only works for email, text, and phone calls.  No GPS or web stuff.  So I have to keep in touch through the computer lab at the compound where we are staying.  It rocks, I will post some pictures of where we are staying tonight. jps