El Salvador, Day 2 - Alyssa
Aug 12, 2010Day 2 Report, El Salvador Mission Trip
From Alyssa Bianco:
After 14 hours of sleep, our group was ready to go on some sightseeing. We met our guide Oscar who had a eight passenger van, and he drove us all over el salvador. We stopped on the side of the road and saw a great view of a huge lake. There was a family of chickens that Amanda fell in love with. There are so many unique animals that are here in el salvador. Huge spiders, armidillos, and this weird lemur thing that we saw on the side of the road. Bulls walk freely on the streets of Santa Anna, There are so many dogs just walking around. We found a stray that i named frisbee. He was a stray that we found at the coconut stand. He loved Coco meat. Several Coconuts we bought at that stand. The young man that was chopping that coconuts with a machete was awesome. We drove up the mountain and the air was so fresh. We visited a graveyard that was so colorful, the graves are covered in colors, colored paper, and little trinkets. It was really beautiful. We continued up the mountain, And when we reached the top, We could see several volcanoes. We took a tour through the rain forest. the guide could only speak espanol. But Luckily we had super Delon to “translate” for us. cough cough. There were huge trees, and beautiful flowers. And huge leaves the size of me. I can tell that us being here will be a blessing. The people need God I mean they do not have anything, we are like rich here compared to them. We saw people on the side of the road who had very little clothes, and had to walk everywhere, because they did not have any cars. It is so sad, but i am so glad that we are here to make a impact. We kept going and our guide took us to a water park, We talked the operators if they could turn on the slides just for us. Well as it turned out they did, but then everyone had to go. Those slides were so huge. It was awesome. I was trying to teach Delon how to swim, i guess that will just have to wait for another day. We came back to our house, btw this house is awesome, even though the water is cold. The pastor took me to my preaching site, i met my translator, her name is Rosa. She is so sweet. And i also met my driver Daniel, he is really young but really nice, he only speaks Spanish, so i do not know how that will work out. I had to get up and talk to the congregation. I was a little nervous. But it all turned out for the best. I am really excited for the rest of this trip. Please pray that we make a impact of these people for the better.
- Alyssa Bianco
Pennsylvania Conference
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