Visiting in the Community

Although we were not an "official" delegation we wanted to make an effort to visit all the families in the community while we were working in Munoces.  Our days at the school were completely full and left no time to walk up the hill into the community so we arranged for the Pastoral Team to meet us in Munoces for two afternoons after school so we could walk house to house and visit.  The two afternoons allowed us to visit all but the last 5 families so we finished visiting those families as we walked up the hill to the shortcut to El Tablon on Friday morning for the soccer tournament.  The following are some images from those visits.

One of four new babies in the community.








We saw the water tanks all over the community and everyone expressed gratitude saying they were saving many long trips to the spring carrying heavy canteroes of water.

One of the afternoons we were served a lovely lunch in this dirt-floor home.  A chicken had been killed for us and a tablecloth, plates, and chairs were rounded up from around the community.  We were touched and humbled by the way they cared for us.

Renee and Hayde are leaders in the community.  Their older daughter is in the kindergarten class and they are very supportive of the school. 

Hayde even made this little desk out of sticks and a board for Yajaira to encourage her school work.

Adorable children are everywhere you look!





We saw the husband of Paulina Evangelina who passed away last year and Warren gave him a picture of her.  He was so thrilled that he cried and kissed her picture several times.  By the time we moved on down the road we were all crying!

This proud mother is displaying the graduation picture (from 8th grade) and the quince anos picture of her daughter, Esperanza.  Esperanza is one of five scholarship students this year from Munoces.  All five are beginning their first year at the instituto....high school....in Berlin.

The baby in this young family was about 15 days old.  You can't help but wonder what the future holds for that little one.

Through the years we have become friends and we're always glad to greet one another.  Many asked about Warren's heart issue and extended greetings to all the friends at First Presbyterian in Newton.  A caring connection has been formed over the last few years that warms hearts in both El Salvador and Newton, Iowa.