During the 2nd month…! (bear with me, this list is longer than the 1st month because it was INSANE)
I drove to the top of a volcano
packed 23 people into a 10 person van
Experienced the crazy/sketch bus situation of El Salvador
Went to the “Costco” of San Salvador, got a cart full of BULK items like disinfectant, beans, rice, and veggies…and rode buses back to our home an hour and a half away…and carried all of this in boxes 😮
Starred as Jesus in a drama for little ninas and ninos
Helped prepare an authentic meal
Received prophetic words from Juanito our contact (my new brother) who spoke very little English and gave us words through the internet and google translate!
Sat and waited for juanito at starbucks for 6 hours with Kell on Valentine’s Day (best V day ever by the way) when he said he would just be gone for 20 minutes
Did laundry by hand 4x. What a pain, literally, I got a blister on my hand from wringing out clothes too much
Prayed covering over our house, room by room, and cast out the demons (that’s new for me)
Had a church service with 2 other teams and Francis Chan, then danced to rap music
Spoke into leaders boldly and gave them prophetic words
Played soccer on the beach with Moises
Rode in the back of a pickup truck for hours at a time, often, almost daily
Stood on the window of the truck bed and worshipped and had many God moments with the wind blowing my hair and bugs dying because they hit my face :/
Pooped in a cup to see if I had parasites-didn’t!
Went to extremely poor villages and handed out food and evangelized
Played baseball with kids in the villages
Fasted for the first time, and then ended up fasting again in order to support my girl Amanda – I now understand how spiritual food is more satisfying than chicken
Spent an hour chatting with the 4 most influential pastors in El Salvador, in Spanish with a little bit of English, and then prayed over them and gave them prophetic words
Received crazy revelations from God that caused me to weep in the back of a pickup while I was surrounded by half my squad and an entire stage full of music equipment
Prayed and worshipped from 2am until 6am, warding off “ickies” that were in the room and getting words for other teams from the Lord (never did I think that would ever happen)
Went to the most beautiful waterfalls and swam through them, behind them, and into tunnels to different waterfalls. (faced a fear of drowning while doing that because the water was literally up to my neck)
Took piñatas to poor villages and local schools
Danced and sang to people walking by on the streets by myself, while playing guitar, which I don’t know how to play, so I really was just strumming
Played soccer with male nurses from a cerebral palsy daycare- didn’t have shoes other than flip flops so they took a pair off of one of the patients and gave them to me :0 still don’t know how I feel about that, but being able to play spoke to my soul nonetheless
Amanda gave me a word, then my mom gave me the same word, not knowing anything about what was going on- hello God!
Had my feet washed by my squad leader. Saw God’s love for me in a WHOLE other light.
Crazy crazy camping adventure. The story must be told in person really, it was one of those, “it’s not too great right now but will make a great story after kind of things”
Babysat 8 canadian kids
On my last day I saw Hugo in 3D with Juanito, in English- weird but surprisingly good
Got raised up as a team leader
Witnessed the healing of Jorge, who called me his hija
Gained a Canadian little brother in Philip (who I miss dearly)
Went to church service 5 nights a week
Ate more soup, beans, rice, papusas, and plantanes than I can believe
Washed my feet in a public bathroom sink out of desperation
Danced with my friends at the top of a clock tower overlooking the city of San Vicente
All in all, the best way I can describe my 2nd month would be to use the word HEAT. San Vicente was in the 90’s and 100’s everyday, and spiritually God was moving more than ever. I was filled up, I was challenged, I was empowered, I was grounded, and I was extremely blessed and fell in love with the people of El Salvador. I just might be returning at some point too
Now it’s time for Honduras where we will be camping as an entire squad for the month. Time for a new season, prayers would be appreciated!
Special shoutout goes to Capital Christian Elementary: the office, the teachers, and all the kids. I miss you rockstars. Thank you so much for your love and support. I will be back to share stories with you 😀
