It is hard not to cry when you see these children and realize that they are attending a Christian school that has only existed for 2 years. These are the graduates of kindergarten who will be next year's 1st graders. In the background you can see Pat and Jose to the right and Lillian and Norma to the left. The team said the graduation/promotion party was awesome!

Donnie, Doug, and Dea reported this evening at 7:30 via Skype. As they were reporting, a meeting was in progress involving Pat, Steve, the school director, a school principal from San Salvador, and the Chalatenango Minister of Education to resolve some issues.

Donnie was there last year at this time and reports that the growth of the church is significant! There is much more participation by the men of the congregation, the young men and women of the congregation are participating and teaching, and the Bible classes are much better attended. Mary is working with the young ladies to help them gain teaching skills.

Today they met with the sponsored children and families. It included each child and sibling getting a gift. Dea reports that the children are much healthier from the food, vitamins, and parasite medicines; the program is working.

Doug checked the school computers and found most of them working as they should be. That was great news, as we had been told there were many not working (communication?).

Steve is working with the local Minister of Health to prepare for the February medical clinic. Morris and Randy are doing some home improvement projects for church members.

The team is all healthy, and they are regretting that they only have 3 more days to get the work list done. Saturday they return home. God bless you,

Ralph