Sat. 7/16
6:50 PM Team Arrives
Journal
Day 1 July 16th, 2011
I've experienced so many different things that already blow my mind. Before I get into that let me discuss my airplane rides. First off everyone got there on time, (Kendall, our leader, was late) which was a miracle in itself. Then we made it through security smoothly, another miracle. (Thank you Jesus!) Then came the waiting. It wasn't too long before we got to get on the plane and get our assigned seats. (That was new for me.) After a very short flight (about an hour) we grabbed lunch and high tailed it to our gate to meet the other half of the team. Before the team showed up, a couple of people who are natives from El Salvador came to us (didn't even know we were missionaries) and asked us to pray for a man that they had been watching. He was older and had something wrong with his brain. We got the chance to minister before we even left America. It was incredible. After all that good stuff, we got everyone situated and then flew into El Salvador (about two and a half hours, we had a two hour delay between flights). We breezed through customs and we went and found our missionaries, Kent and Lorin. (Their wives weren't there.) Once we all met up we hit up McDonalds for dinner. Which was better the US's and way better then the dinner on the plane (it was a crusty looking sandwich that had had black bread that was really hard and a nasty mustard). Ew. On our way "home" we learned a lot of new rules.
1. Do NOT flush the toilet paper. Small pipes.
2. Do NOT drink any water they don't approve of.
3. Do NOT eat anything unless they say so.
4. Do NOT leave the hotel on account of the gang violence.
5. Do NOT even think about eating without washing your hands and then Germ-Xing.
On the way home I also discovered some new things. All fast food delivers. At every restaurant there's a police officer stationed with a sawed off shot gun. Puma is a gas station name. (We may have those in the US but I've never seen them.) There's a "Chuck E' Cheese" type place that stinks in comparison (stinks fun wise, better food wise) named Nash. When we got to the hotel we settled in, had a quick devotional meeting, (learned about what we're gonna do for the week and heard God's Word and prayed over safety, the people, and blessings) and went to bed. My bunkmate and I stayed up late and talked. She's pretty awesome. I was SO blessed by her. That's it for the night.
Please excuse this if it doesn't make sense, I was very tired when I wrote this. I hope everyone enjoys the next several posts. I love you all and hope my short little excerpts bless you in anyway possible. My life was changed forever in El Salvador. Love you guys.
Love,
Jade Bunny
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