Day 2 in El Salvador...

Sorry, I was hoping to post yesterday, but by the time we got home I was to tired. Anyway, on Saturday we got up at 3:30 a.m and didn't get to the mission house in El Salvador till 7:30 or so..It was a LONG day, but it was all worth it to finally be in El Salvador!! Here are some pictures of some of our group at the airport and on the plane....

    

Sunday we we went to a church about 5 minutes away for the mission house. It was an amazing experience!  We also went to CIPI. This is an orphanage for toddlers, babies, teenage girls, teenage moms, and children with special needs.  This is definitely one of my favorite places to go. Here are some pictures of Monday....

  

 Monday we went to San Martin! I LOVE this place. All the people there have special needs and  range from age 12-50 or so. They act like they are 2! It is so funny. There was this little boy....well he was more like 12, that was lying in bed and had just recently had his stomach cut open so drugs could be taken out.  I started crying and just wanted to be alone. I sat down and started writing in my journal. This is what I wrote,........."During these trips I find myself asking, why am I not Pablito with the fungus on hands and feet and can't walk, run, or crawl? Why am I not the little boy that was cut open for NO reason? Why am I not the kid on the street? Why am I not the 10 year old girl who is involved with gangs and was put in an orphanage because of it? Why am I not the 15 year old girl who has already had a baby and has been raped by her father, to find out that she is pregnant again? Why am I so blessed?"  

 Here are some pictures of Monday....

On Tuesday, we went to CISNA. I love, love, love this place! This orphanage has between 40 to 60 boys. There are ages 11-18.  This time was very intense and hard for me. All these things hit me really hard. I will write more about CISNA as soon as I can, but today on the way home from CISNA I was so upset I could hardly catch my breath.  At one point I thought they were going to have to pull the bus over because I thought I was going to be sick. I will post those pictures from our day at CISNA later. 

 Please continue to pray for the team! Thanks for reading, Carson!

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El Salvador: April 2011

Hi Everyone! First of all I would like to thank you for being a follower of my new blog! Now the main reason I started this blog would be so that I can share with you the journeys that God is currently taking me on, that might be mission trips, my family's adoption, or friends, whatever I feel that God is laying on my heart. Well as of right now there are four days until my next trip to El Salvador!! This will be my fourth trip there.  I am feeling very anxious and excited about this upcoming trip.  God definitely shows me something different every time I go.  It will be very hard because there are kids that have been in the same orphanages, same beds, same food, and same pain wondering if they will ever be loved.  The ministry I am going with is called Starfish Orphan Ministry. Their goal is to give these kids not only love, but help with their physical needs as well. We will be visiting toddlers all the way through adults, we will feed the homeless several nights,and visit villages. I would and I know other team members on the trip would APPRECIATE prayers while we are away. This is a very challenging trip physically and mentally. 


Here are some pictures of previous trips.......  

  

Hope you enjoyed looking through just a few of the pictures! I am going to try to post as often as I can while I am in El Salvador!  Thank you!