There were sufficient funds on hand to be able to send an additional $2,000 to continue relief help (see next post below).  These were replenished with a wonderful offering from my "home church" Niekerk in Holland MI in November.  Last night the pastors were to meet...

"Man proposes, God disposes..." is a Spanish saying. This trip was for just ten days, over two weekends.  Some plans worked out nicely - I must have had 14 conversations with individuals, for encouragement, mentoring, and gather perspective.  They were all the way...

Word and Deed Project with the El Salvador Christian Reformed Church Well over two years ago the two small CRCs - one city, one small country town - negotiated with me mentoring and support for this holistic/integral (look those words up!) Project.  Honestly, it...

A financial report on the CRC/ES Word and Deed Project came about six weeks ago, but still awaitng the supporting "narrative" report.I've had some emails from several of the participants in "Reformados Presentes," but none report a meeting.  One participant wrote...

There has not been all that much to report these last months; sporadic contact from the CRC ES President Joaquin Ordoñez promised more information and reports by now, but they have not materialized.  So you may make that a prayer concern.  But I at least wanted to get...

I had at least three purposes in going in May and again in October.  The May visit was almost three weeks, having planned an extra weekend right in the middle so as to be able to make a side bus trip to Nicaragua.  There I was hosted by staff of...

This didn't get posted on my prior site, and here I'll limit myself to just some very basic information and impressions.  The meetings with the Christian Reformed churches about the Word and Deed Project were somewhat rocky.  The leaders decided to put things on hold...

If you already read below, you see that I made a visit to El Salvador in March; over these intervening months I’ve been in frequent contact about the project with the leaders in El Salvador.  They sent me a final copy of the Evangelism/ Discipleship   –...

THE COUNTRY / GOVERNMENT Yesterday Mauricio Funes was sworn in, along with his Cabinet, as President for the next five years.  His inaugural speech was wide sweeping, ambitious, and challenging to all sectors.  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in the...