Compassion visit/sightseeing

We had a fun morning debriefing at Casa Mia. It is such an amazing bed and breakfast.

If you are ever here, you should check it out!

I started supporting a Compassion child here in El Salvador this past Dec. I picked her because I knew then that I was coming here over spring break. I prayed that night there would be some way to meet her. Well, today was Estefany's 11th birthday and we all got to have lunch with her and her mother!! The compassion visit went great and she is such a sweet girl! I brought a big full of little things for gifts for her. It was fun to see her face light up when she opened the bag. We ate at a nice place for lunch and then had ice cream for her birthday. We took them and the team on our sightseeing outing for the day. We drove up the mountain and went to the top of one of the five Volcanos in El Salvador. At the top, we saw a place selling jewelry. I told Estefany to pick out something. Everything was about 2 dollars and she was smiling big after she got her selection.

The volcano crater was fun to see. The next place we went was funner for me, though. We took them to the local Walmart. They asked her if she had ever been to a place like that. She said no. We got lots of food for her and her family to take home like beans, rice, sugar, meat, and also a pinata for her birthday. The Compassion host that was with us told us this is will be a day she will remember for the rest of her life. It was such a blessing to be with her and to hear about her life and to see how the support we give her monthly really does make a difference.

God is so good. He not only let it work out to see her, but let us see her on her birthday!

Home tomorrow night!!