Updates From:
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One thing I learned about ministry is the amount of work, thought, and prayer has to go into these weeks for the kids to have lifelong memories and positive experiences. I got more of a glimpse into the logistical side of facilitating a SLAM…
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Upon arriving to El Salvador, I was very nervous on the type of experience I would have here. On the one hand, I was very excited to meet our friends here, and use my spanish skills to draw close to people. But I was…
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A moment that brought me joy during internship was a moment I had while in El Salvador. Our team had the opportunity to serve a community in an area called El Milagro. Milagro is a slum hidden behind some walls and shops. We entered…
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While in El Salvador, we put on a SLAM camp for three days. We had about 40 students there pretty much all of them only speaking Spanish. This could have easily created a barrier between us summer interns, and the SLAM students because a…
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Upon initial mental preparation for this trip to El Salvador I was nervous, and avoided thinking about how it would be. Last time I was in El Salvador my Dad passed away and did not come back to the states with us. This was…
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The one song lyric that is continuously in my head throughout the duration of my time in Nashville is from the unnamed servant song “we are one”. Fittingly enough the phrase that are stuck on me is the name of the song. There’s been…
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ElSal SLAM Hi Friends and Family! The second day of SLAM we went to serve in the Milago community by cleaning up trash with the SLAM kids. This community is a slum area and has so much trash where they live. That experience was…
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The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it” – John 1:5. Darkness is always lurking at the door, ready to take anyone who is fleshy and weak. Darkness exists in the spaces of this earth that most of the…
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This was my first time returning to El Salvador since the summer of 2021. We lost one of our trip leaders, Robert Muñoz, in a tragic accident on that trip that left a mark on all of us who witnessed it. Contending with loss…
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Hello Blog family! Back again and writing from El Salvador! I am so blessed to have been able to travel and serve here for the first (but not the last) time. We arrived in the city of San Salvador on the 20th and our…
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