Holy guacamole, it’s already country 11! (Thankfully, a country rich in guacamole 🙂 El Salvador!
We’re working with a sweet newlywed couple, Oscar and Jackie. From the moment I got here, I really just felt at home with them. They personify the saying “mi casa es su casa” as they are so full of gracious hospitality. It’s nice being able to just sprawl out somewhere and watch movies! I am so encouraged by their passion for what the Lord has them doing here, working with all their hearts from the big things right down to the smallest of details. Oscar is the leader of the worship team at church. aWe sing some incredible spanish worship songs. These songs really make me want to learn spanish all the more!
We’ve been learning and performing dramas about living for the world vs. Jesus. In parks, at church services… on live TV. We didn’t see that one coming! My team mainly does two dramas, one called “sticky chair” and the other one “the hitchhiker”. Sticky chair goes something like this: there is a chair with a sign on it labeled “No tocar” which means “Do not touch”, symbolizing sin. Well, one by one, we come to it and all end up getting stuck to it. Then a believer comes and prayers for each of us and we are freed from the sin chair!
“The hitchhiker” is about a man who picks up hitchhiker after hitchhiker who lure him into their ways… ones into drugs, ones a seducer, ones a thug. And then he picks up a Christian whom he tries to bring into his newfound hobbies, but she ends up telling him about Jesus. So he becomes a believer and is freed of the things that he picked up from his not-so-friendly previous passangers. They are pretty light hearted skits that, even though I’m not at all an actress, are enjoyable to do 🙂 Team Roar is also working with the church we are a part of and they perform the skit to Lifehouse’s song “everything”. I’ve seen them do it so many times, but it never fails to give me goosebumps! It’s so touching.
I’ve found that the scheduled ministry we have each month is always great, but not always necessarily what grabs my heart. I really treasure just getting to live life with Oscar and Jackie here, and hang out with our translators, two girls in college who are super spunky and fun. I love getting to build relationships with them.
