Hello, Everyone, and Feliz Navidad from El Salvador!!!
This has been a busy week and everything has been good. I spent two days with children at an orphanage. One day was to give out candy and the other, we cooked rice, turkey, salad and bread for them. That was a full day of cooking!!!!! Someone had donated cake for them and we had a wonderful time with the children. All the children in this orphanage are from abused homes and they are just precious!!!
I also had the opportunity to help give out over 250 sandwiches and gifts to children and their parents in a very poor community. A friend here in El Sal has decided to do this and recruited help. It was a wonderful experience.
Another opportunity came to put my hands to work. An organization here was giving away over 650 chickens and needed help!!!!! They had to work quickly because the chickens were frozen and it was hot here. So I helped bag and hand out chickens. Most of the people receiving these do not have refrigerators so we needed to give the chickens to them while they were still frozen. These were really big chickens....between 5 and 6 lbs!!!!! I had a great time doing it and thought about all the times of giving out food at TRWC. My experience paid off. Ha ha
My ant bites are almost healed. That is an experience I do not want to repeat. My brother-in-law said that is what I get for mowing in Dec....He may be right. ha ha I took all my papers to Immigration and everything is perfect except for one form....so it is back to the lawyer's office for this to be fixed.....
I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and to thank you for all your support and prayers that allow me to be here. I love every day here and love every opportunity I have to be a blessing to others. I am truly blessed to be a blessing. I also am thankful for the Lord allowing me to be here. May He bless each one of you this holiday season.
All my love,
Janis
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Busy with Blessings...
I have had a couple of very busy weeks. And after surviving the ant bites and the bad milk, everything else has been going great!!! (With the ant bites, I guess that is what I get for mowing grass in December!!!!! Evidently these ants have a lot of venom and about 50 of them got in my shoes and on my feet while I was mowing at Abigail. My feet swelled up about twice the normal size. There is no harm, except for the pain and discomfort. Good thing it is warm here and I can wear sandals!!!!!) (And with the milk, we bought it fresh and then the next day, two of us had cereal and were sick within an hour. Come to find out, they do not use refrigerated trucks here to transport the milk from packaging to store.....a risk....)
BUT....on to other stuff. Monday morning I went early to Abigail and took a Christmas tree. I put it up with all the lights before the lady and her baby were up. It was still dark and when they came down and saw the tree, their eyes just lit up!!! The little baby just kept staring and smiling. She loved it!!!!! That moment was Christmas for me!!!!! The lady who is staying at the house is doing very well. Her husband did try to contact her through her mother, but she wants nothing to do with him. He drinks heavily and this is not the first time he has abused her. She had filed a police report in the past, but this is the first time she physically left. He was chasing her in the street with a knife, trying to kill her and the little baby. She also has two other children, 8 and 15 and they are safe with her mother. Accoridng to the police report, he was after her and they baby and not the other children. But we are so thankful that she is safe!!!!!!
I spent a day at an orphanage (and forgot my camera!!!!! UGH!!!) But it was great. In fact, we are going back this Friday and taking them lunch and presents!!! I WILL take my camera and post pics for you to see. So tomorrow will be a day of cooking and also getting ready for Abigail tomorrow night.
This afternoon, we are going to a gathering of about 150 kids to give out food and toys. They are all very, very poor children and my heart just hurts looking at each one of them. But they are thrilled with a smile, a hug and a piece of candy or a little doll.
My papers for immigration are FINALLY complete and I am picking them up today at the lawyer's office. Then it will be off to immigration next week. Soon, I will be totally legal. Look out, El Sal.... ;-)
I will give another update after the end of this week. So many way to be a blessing to other people and I just want to be God's hands extended. I thank each one of you for your prayers and support. I hope you are having a wonderful holiday season. I miss you and wish you were here to see what the Lord is doing.
All my love,
Janis
BUT....on to other stuff. Monday morning I went early to Abigail and took a Christmas tree. I put it up with all the lights before the lady and her baby were up. It was still dark and when they came down and saw the tree, their eyes just lit up!!! The little baby just kept staring and smiling. She loved it!!!!! That moment was Christmas for me!!!!! The lady who is staying at the house is doing very well. Her husband did try to contact her through her mother, but she wants nothing to do with him. He drinks heavily and this is not the first time he has abused her. She had filed a police report in the past, but this is the first time she physically left. He was chasing her in the street with a knife, trying to kill her and the little baby. She also has two other children, 8 and 15 and they are safe with her mother. Accoridng to the police report, he was after her and they baby and not the other children. But we are so thankful that she is safe!!!!!!
I spent a day at an orphanage (and forgot my camera!!!!! UGH!!!) But it was great. In fact, we are going back this Friday and taking them lunch and presents!!! I WILL take my camera and post pics for you to see. So tomorrow will be a day of cooking and also getting ready for Abigail tomorrow night.
This afternoon, we are going to a gathering of about 150 kids to give out food and toys. They are all very, very poor children and my heart just hurts looking at each one of them. But they are thrilled with a smile, a hug and a piece of candy or a little doll.
My papers for immigration are FINALLY complete and I am picking them up today at the lawyer's office. Then it will be off to immigration next week. Soon, I will be totally legal. Look out, El Sal.... ;-)
I will give another update after the end of this week. So many way to be a blessing to other people and I just want to be God's hands extended. I thank each one of you for your prayers and support. I hope you are having a wonderful holiday season. I miss you and wish you were here to see what the Lord is doing.
All my love,
Janis
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Our first woman........
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We decided to have a traditional dinner here and ended up with a little over 50 people who fell in love with turkey and chicken -n- dumplings!!! Many of them also had fried okra for the first time. So it was a wonderful time. I did miss the Macy's Day parade though......
So many things have happened, I will try to hit the highlights. We received from the government a date to open the shelter. Thursday, 8 January will be our official day to open. BUT..........
We received a call from the local police saying they had a lady who had filed a report with them. Her husband had tried to kill her. She has a 7 month old baby girl. So they asked us if we could give her shelter. Since THEY approached us, we are obligated to honor their request. She knew nothing of us and was not soliciting help from us. So the government said we could take her and her baby!!!!! What a blessing!!!!!
I met with her yesterday and she has bruises on both her arms and on her face where her husband beat her. She received a physical exam and there was no permanent damage and the baby was not touched by him. She escaped with only their clothes, so I went and bought diapers, clothes and milk for the baby and some other things for her that we did not have at the house.
We had set up this coming week to be a "practice" week for us. But now it turns out we are working for real. How wonderful and I thank God He has placed me here to work with these women. I think I am the most blessed person on the face of the earth. Please pray for resources to be there when we need them to meet the needs of the ladies and their children.
Other good things are happening. I am continuing to plan the food outreach in the coming weeks. I (and some other ladies and a few men) will either be going out this weekend or the next. We are waiting for an official response from the local officials of Ilopango. We have learned this area has many children whose parents have died of Aids and the children are infected as well. There are also many single moms there, trying to care for their children. The women have almost no income. There are few, if any, resources to help them. I am thrilled about this part of my work. I am not sure about cooking THAT much rice and beans, but it will be fine. I have great help with Juanita being here to help me cook.
I am almost finished with all the Immigration stuff......I should receive my translated papers from the lawyer this week and then next week be able to take everything to Immigration. I will be glad to have this checked off my list!
There are many other things that have happened.....just know they are all good!!! I may have to update my blog more often. Thank you, Everyone, for your support and prayers. Each of you is also reaching out to the hurting people of El Salvador and you will reap a blessing as you do.
So many things have happened, I will try to hit the highlights. We received from the government a date to open the shelter. Thursday, 8 January will be our official day to open. BUT..........
We received a call from the local police saying they had a lady who had filed a report with them. Her husband had tried to kill her. She has a 7 month old baby girl. So they asked us if we could give her shelter. Since THEY approached us, we are obligated to honor their request. She knew nothing of us and was not soliciting help from us. So the government said we could take her and her baby!!!!! What a blessing!!!!!
I met with her yesterday and she has bruises on both her arms and on her face where her husband beat her. She received a physical exam and there was no permanent damage and the baby was not touched by him. She escaped with only their clothes, so I went and bought diapers, clothes and milk for the baby and some other things for her that we did not have at the house.
We had set up this coming week to be a "practice" week for us. But now it turns out we are working for real. How wonderful and I thank God He has placed me here to work with these women. I think I am the most blessed person on the face of the earth. Please pray for resources to be there when we need them to meet the needs of the ladies and their children.
Other good things are happening. I am continuing to plan the food outreach in the coming weeks. I (and some other ladies and a few men) will either be going out this weekend or the next. We are waiting for an official response from the local officials of Ilopango. We have learned this area has many children whose parents have died of Aids and the children are infected as well. There are also many single moms there, trying to care for their children. The women have almost no income. There are few, if any, resources to help them. I am thrilled about this part of my work. I am not sure about cooking THAT much rice and beans, but it will be fine. I have great help with Juanita being here to help me cook.
I am almost finished with all the Immigration stuff......I should receive my translated papers from the lawyer this week and then next week be able to take everything to Immigration. I will be glad to have this checked off my list!
There are many other things that have happened.....just know they are all good!!! I may have to update my blog more often. Thank you, Everyone, for your support and prayers. Each of you is also reaching out to the hurting people of El Salvador and you will reap a blessing as you do.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Bunkbeds and Immigration
It has been a very successful week of getting things done!!! :) We managed to purchase 4 of our 6 bunkbeds. (notice the pics on the right) That is all we could fit on the truck. HA The rest will come this week. We determined, after getting our first ones, that we actually have room for a total of 10 bunkbeds. We are going to raise money to purchase 4 more. They are extremely sturdy with metal frames and are full (Gringo) length. I can even stretch out on one!!! :-) So we will be able to use them for both the ladies and the children.
It was an experience just getting them at the open market. We had shopped for the best price, borrowed a pick-up and off we went. It only took about three or four hours once we had settled on which ones to get....but I loved every minute of it.
I also picked up my police report from El Sal (my record was CLEAN!!! ha ha) and headed off to Immigration with all my papers. Everything was in perfect order (Thank You, Lord!!!!) I just need to have a few papers from the States translated into Spanish (my birth certificate and police report) and one more piece of paper from here in El Sal. All of this will take a few weeks, but that is not bad at all. I was just thrilled that I had brought everything with me from the States. So I should be legal within a month. But they can't kick me out!!!! :)
I have started teaching a group on Tuesday afternoons. It is a group of ladies who have been abused in some way and are interested in learning more about the Bible and how that can help their healing. It is basic teaching, which I love. I love building the foundation!!!
Also, I have been investigating going out on the streets to take food to women who are homeless or very poor. It looks like the most economical things to give them would be beans, rice, and either sugar or the meal they use to make tortillas, a main part of their diet. And include with each bag of food, information about Abigail and that we are there for them. There is so much need and I am working to see what we can do to reach out to those hurting women that we may never otherwise be able to reach.
Abigail met Thursday night and I want us to be able to help women who may come to the door, asking for food or help, even if we cannot provide them with a place to stay ourselves, I want us to network with other churches or organizations that may be willing to help. I have asked the Ladies of Abigail to work on gathering info while we wait on the government. If we have not heard anything by the first week of Dec, we are going to have a "practice week." We will work the schedule and have the doctor and volunteers come there just as if there were ladies there. I told them I would play the abused lady. ha This way, we will be able to see what we are missing or what we need to change. It will not be a perfect real-life expereince, but I think it will help us.
As the weather gets colder in the States, I am not going to comment on how it is here. :-) You can just imagine the smile on my face.......Thank you for staying in touch so well. I appreciate every email!!!! Thank you also for all your prayers and support. None of this would be possible without every one of you!!!!
Blessings and love, Janis
It was an experience just getting them at the open market. We had shopped for the best price, borrowed a pick-up and off we went. It only took about three or four hours once we had settled on which ones to get....but I loved every minute of it.
I also picked up my police report from El Sal (my record was CLEAN!!! ha ha) and headed off to Immigration with all my papers. Everything was in perfect order (Thank You, Lord!!!!) I just need to have a few papers from the States translated into Spanish (my birth certificate and police report) and one more piece of paper from here in El Sal. All of this will take a few weeks, but that is not bad at all. I was just thrilled that I had brought everything with me from the States. So I should be legal within a month. But they can't kick me out!!!! :)
I have started teaching a group on Tuesday afternoons. It is a group of ladies who have been abused in some way and are interested in learning more about the Bible and how that can help their healing. It is basic teaching, which I love. I love building the foundation!!!
Also, I have been investigating going out on the streets to take food to women who are homeless or very poor. It looks like the most economical things to give them would be beans, rice, and either sugar or the meal they use to make tortillas, a main part of their diet. And include with each bag of food, information about Abigail and that we are there for them. There is so much need and I am working to see what we can do to reach out to those hurting women that we may never otherwise be able to reach.
Abigail met Thursday night and I want us to be able to help women who may come to the door, asking for food or help, even if we cannot provide them with a place to stay ourselves, I want us to network with other churches or organizations that may be willing to help. I have asked the Ladies of Abigail to work on gathering info while we wait on the government. If we have not heard anything by the first week of Dec, we are going to have a "practice week." We will work the schedule and have the doctor and volunteers come there just as if there were ladies there. I told them I would play the abused lady. ha This way, we will be able to see what we are missing or what we need to change. It will not be a perfect real-life expereince, but I think it will help us.
As the weather gets colder in the States, I am not going to comment on how it is here. :-) You can just imagine the smile on my face.......Thank you for staying in touch so well. I appreciate every email!!!! Thank you also for all your prayers and support. None of this would be possible without every one of you!!!!
Blessings and love, Janis
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork......
Hello, Amigos!!!
All here is good, but slow.....This has been an interesting week, mostly involving paperwork. For Immigration, I had to get a police record from this country. So I was fingerprinted for the first time in my life. And it takes 10 days to get the report. Sure hope they don't find anything. ha ha I also went for my physical and blood work that Immigration requires to be done in this country. After a few crazy moments and over $500 dollars, I found out that I am the picture of perfect health. I have been tested for every disease under the sun and then some. So that was good to know. The doctor spoke English and I was grateful for that.
Things at Abigail are continuing to move, although very slowly. It is not us, but the government. They assure us everything is in order, but we are still waiting on them to say they have received our paperwork and have filed it. Until that happens, we can do nothing. The lawyer in our group has worked very hard to try and get the government to move quickly. But Thursday night, she even warned me that things now really start to slow down because Christmas is coming. I said if they slow anymore, they will stop!!! But that is just the way it is. So I am pressing on with starting another outreach to women in the streets. I had not wanted to do with until after the house was open in order to better manage my time, but perhaps this is something I can do now that will be a benefit to others. I will post more info in my next blog.
Most people here already have put up their Christmas trees. The city has put up all their decorations and the lights are lit each night. It is great to be able to enjoy all the lights and not have to wear a coat!!! :-) I doubt if we have a white Christmas here. Ha ha But maybe we will have chicken feet soup on that day!!! :-) We did have that soup the other day, but somehow, I missed the feet. I think they were all gone before it got to me. Next time, I will have to be first! Yummy ;-)
Thanks for all your emails. I love hearing from all of you. Keep them coming, but keep your weather to yourself. :-) I love and miss all of you!!!!
Janis
All here is good, but slow.....This has been an interesting week, mostly involving paperwork. For Immigration, I had to get a police record from this country. So I was fingerprinted for the first time in my life. And it takes 10 days to get the report. Sure hope they don't find anything. ha ha I also went for my physical and blood work that Immigration requires to be done in this country. After a few crazy moments and over $500 dollars, I found out that I am the picture of perfect health. I have been tested for every disease under the sun and then some. So that was good to know. The doctor spoke English and I was grateful for that.
Things at Abigail are continuing to move, although very slowly. It is not us, but the government. They assure us everything is in order, but we are still waiting on them to say they have received our paperwork and have filed it. Until that happens, we can do nothing. The lawyer in our group has worked very hard to try and get the government to move quickly. But Thursday night, she even warned me that things now really start to slow down because Christmas is coming. I said if they slow anymore, they will stop!!! But that is just the way it is. So I am pressing on with starting another outreach to women in the streets. I had not wanted to do with until after the house was open in order to better manage my time, but perhaps this is something I can do now that will be a benefit to others. I will post more info in my next blog.
Most people here already have put up their Christmas trees. The city has put up all their decorations and the lights are lit each night. It is great to be able to enjoy all the lights and not have to wear a coat!!! :-) I doubt if we have a white Christmas here. Ha ha But maybe we will have chicken feet soup on that day!!! :-) We did have that soup the other day, but somehow, I missed the feet. I think they were all gone before it got to me. Next time, I will have to be first! Yummy ;-)
Thanks for all your emails. I love hearing from all of you. Keep them coming, but keep your weather to yourself. :-) I love and miss all of you!!!!
Janis
Monday, October 27, 2008
Warm and Sunny here.....
Well, I know where most of you are, it is chilly or down right cold. Sorry, but I am not jealous. The weather here has been just perfect. This past week was a week of paperwork and new experiences. And things always move slower than I want.... :-)
We met with Abigial last Thursday and the lawyer in our group who is filing all our papers had many papers for us to look over and approve. All of them are excellent. She is actually a lawyer specializing in Family Law. How perfect!!! She asked for another week to finish the rest of the ones we had given to her and then she can file them all at the same time with the government.
Also, El Sal has chosen to set aside Tuesday, 25 November as the day to recognize the National Day for Abused Woman in this country. This is a HUGE step for this country, to even start to admit there is a problem here. This day was just announced last week, so we are preparing to have an event on that day. Not sure yet what it will be, but I will keep you posted and you can pray for us as we plan. We have other events on the burner and I will share more about those as they get closer.
Life here is always interesting and my Spanish is getting better every day. Slowly, but surely......Here is an example fo how some things are just different. We went to the open market one morning and were there for a while, so I decided to wonder off and get something to drink. NEVER drink the water in a place like that, so I saw a little shop that had grape soda in a glass bottle. It has been YEARS since I had a soda in a glass bottle. So I asked for one and the lady asked me if I was going to take it with me and I said yes. I paid her and started walking away. She called me back and asked again if I was going to take it. Again, I said yes. Then she told me I would need a bolsa or bag. I told her it was not necessary, but she insisted. So I handed her my soda and she got out a clear plastic bag. Next, she proceeded to POUR MY SODA FROM THE BOTTLE INTO THE LITTLE PLASTIC BAG!!!!!!! Straw and all!!!! I was shocked, but figured out that was what I was supposed to do if I wanted to "Take it with me." Too funny!!!! That was a first for me. I have never had a soda from a plastic bag before!!!! Things are different here, but still fun!
Blessings to all of you. I miss you...but not enough to leave here.... :-)
We met with Abigial last Thursday and the lawyer in our group who is filing all our papers had many papers for us to look over and approve. All of them are excellent. She is actually a lawyer specializing in Family Law. How perfect!!! She asked for another week to finish the rest of the ones we had given to her and then she can file them all at the same time with the government.
Also, El Sal has chosen to set aside Tuesday, 25 November as the day to recognize the National Day for Abused Woman in this country. This is a HUGE step for this country, to even start to admit there is a problem here. This day was just announced last week, so we are preparing to have an event on that day. Not sure yet what it will be, but I will keep you posted and you can pray for us as we plan. We have other events on the burner and I will share more about those as they get closer.
Life here is always interesting and my Spanish is getting better every day. Slowly, but surely......Here is an example fo how some things are just different. We went to the open market one morning and were there for a while, so I decided to wonder off and get something to drink. NEVER drink the water in a place like that, so I saw a little shop that had grape soda in a glass bottle. It has been YEARS since I had a soda in a glass bottle. So I asked for one and the lady asked me if I was going to take it with me and I said yes. I paid her and started walking away. She called me back and asked again if I was going to take it. Again, I said yes. Then she told me I would need a bolsa or bag. I told her it was not necessary, but she insisted. So I handed her my soda and she got out a clear plastic bag. Next, she proceeded to POUR MY SODA FROM THE BOTTLE INTO THE LITTLE PLASTIC BAG!!!!!!! Straw and all!!!! I was shocked, but figured out that was what I was supposed to do if I wanted to "Take it with me." Too funny!!!! That was a first for me. I have never had a soda from a plastic bag before!!!! Things are different here, but still fun!
Blessings to all of you. I miss you...but not enough to leave here.... :-)
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Settling in.....
I have been in El Salvador for almost 5 days and so much has already happened. Mostly this week, I have been settling in. I have bought a few pieces of furniture I needed for my room, such as a desk and bookcase. I also went this morning and bought a full-sized ironing board. With me being taller than everyone else here, I cannot use their mini-ones. I tried, but my pants fell off in the floor. Ha ha Me and my long legs.
We had a meeting Thursday night with Abigail and everyone was so excited for me to be there. We went over our status of things and determined what we still needed to do. I have been and will be busy on the computer for the next week. It seems all of our forms have to be submitted and certified by the government. NOT approved, just filed with them. So I am responsible for making sure we have in order all the forms we are going to use for receiving and caring for the women. I am also creating letterhead and other paper things for the ministry. All things I love to do.
Other things that are cooking.....I want to start an outreach on the streets for women. Once a week (or month depending on funds) we would go take them food such as rice, beans, and sugar, let them know about us and let them know that someone cares. Maybe within a month or so this can happen. I also want to do something in the womens' prison, but have to investigate how that can happen. But I know a WAY will be made!!!!! And I have an appointment with immigration next week to take care of my official paperwork which will allow me to stay here.
Please keep all these issues in your thoughts and prayers. I appreciate all your support and prayers. I know only HE can make all this possible!!!!
Much love,
J
We had a meeting Thursday night with Abigail and everyone was so excited for me to be there. We went over our status of things and determined what we still needed to do. I have been and will be busy on the computer for the next week. It seems all of our forms have to be submitted and certified by the government. NOT approved, just filed with them. So I am responsible for making sure we have in order all the forms we are going to use for receiving and caring for the women. I am also creating letterhead and other paper things for the ministry. All things I love to do.
Other things that are cooking.....I want to start an outreach on the streets for women. Once a week (or month depending on funds) we would go take them food such as rice, beans, and sugar, let them know about us and let them know that someone cares. Maybe within a month or so this can happen. I also want to do something in the womens' prison, but have to investigate how that can happen. But I know a WAY will be made!!!!! And I have an appointment with immigration next week to take care of my official paperwork which will allow me to stay here.
Please keep all these issues in your thoughts and prayers. I appreciate all your support and prayers. I know only HE can make all this possible!!!!
Much love,
J
Monday, October 13, 2008
Leaving for El Salvador
The day is FINALLY here!!! I am leaving for El Salvador Tuesday (tomorrow) morning. :-) Everything I can possibly pack is packed and probable even some stuff I don't need. But I am prepared.
As soon as I arrive, I will hit the ground running. I have one day to unpack and get settled. On Thursday, we have an Abigail meeting to finalize everything and I think we could be taking women into the home on Friday. WOW!!!! How exciting!!!!!
Please pray for all my travels and that all my luggage makes it with me! The weather there is sunny and 85, so I should be able to fit right in. I am oging to try and write on this site once a week. So check in for updates. Feel free to post comments and I will try to answer them as quickly as possible. All my love, Janis
Look out El Salvador....... :-)
As soon as I arrive, I will hit the ground running. I have one day to unpack and get settled. On Thursday, we have an Abigail meeting to finalize everything and I think we could be taking women into the home on Friday. WOW!!!! How exciting!!!!!
Please pray for all my travels and that all my luggage makes it with me! The weather there is sunny and 85, so I should be able to fit right in. I am oging to try and write on this site once a week. So check in for updates. Feel free to post comments and I will try to answer them as quickly as possible. All my love, Janis
Look out El Salvador....... :-)
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Getting Ready for El Salvador!!!
Hello, Everyone.
I have excellent news!!!!! The women's shelter in El Salvador has been waiting for one vital piece of paper to pass through the appropriate channels with the government there. We cannot open without their approval. Yesterday, we received notice that although this piece of paper is still making its way through the offices, they are going to give us another piece of paper, saying we can OPEN THE SHELTER!!!!!!!!!!! HE is Awesome!!!!!!!!!! So Abigail's house will be open very soon.
I was already planning on moving to El Sal in October, so the Lord has taken care of the timing once again. He never misses a thing!!!!! I will have more information as I get it. Please cover all this in prayer. We have a lot of paperwork to do and we have a waiting list of ladies already who need this shelter. Also, please pray for everything I need to finalize here. HE has already taken care of so many details and I know He is going to continue to shine!!!! I love you and appreciate your prayers and support!!!!!!
I have excellent news!!!!! The women's shelter in El Salvador has been waiting for one vital piece of paper to pass through the appropriate channels with the government there. We cannot open without their approval. Yesterday, we received notice that although this piece of paper is still making its way through the offices, they are going to give us another piece of paper, saying we can OPEN THE SHELTER!!!!!!!!!!! HE is Awesome!!!!!!!!!! So Abigail's house will be open very soon.
I was already planning on moving to El Sal in October, so the Lord has taken care of the timing once again. He never misses a thing!!!!! I will have more information as I get it. Please cover all this in prayer. We have a lot of paperwork to do and we have a waiting list of ladies already who need this shelter. Also, please pray for everything I need to finalize here. HE has already taken care of so many details and I know He is going to continue to shine!!!! I love you and appreciate your prayers and support!!!!!!
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