Hello all!

Things are going well here. A team from New York arrived on Friday. There are 22 people and 15 of them are between the ages of 15 and 19. They are all very nice and very hard workers. They are also very gifted musically and have led worship for the kids a few times, which has been great.

One of the girls on the team actually lives here in El Salvador. Her father works for the US embassy, and they were stationed here in El Salvador back in October. The team that is here now is from her old church, so she is staying here this week with them so that she can spend some time with her old friends as well as serve here! Anyway, her family invited us all to their church today and then to their house afterwards for lunch. Bobby and I really liked the church alot. It was a great service, the pastor was super nice and down to earth, the people were all warm and friendly, and it was composed more of middle and lower class people (versus the upper class church that we normally have to attend on Sunday mornings). Bobby and I are really hoping that we will be able to attend the church again in the future.

The cookout that we went to was also really great today. The embassy worker's house is super nice, and their whole family is sooooo nice (the wife is from Guatemala, so her spanish and english are both perfect). They used to be missionaries to Hong Kong for 5 years, so they have a big heart for missionaries and they are super hospitable (they currently have 3 missionaries living with them from Honduras for a month). They told Bobby and I that if we ever just wanted to get away for a little while then we could come and stay at their house. They have a separate guest quarters within their house, so we really could "get away" while we are there. Plus, they are just so nice and friendly that they would be fun to hang out with too. They fixed us a wonderful "American" lunch today of hamburgers and hotdogs on the grill as well as potato salad and all the works. YUMMY!!

Well, I g2g for now! Bobby and I miss and love you all bunches. Thanks for the continued prayers!

Love,
Britney