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Identity Crisis
With a big smile on her face, Veronica shows me her new Salvadoran ID card. It’s called a DUI, and we have worked together for over 3 years to get this document. You see, Veronica was one of those “persons without a country,” as she was not registered for a birth certificate when she was born. She …
God is at Work in Salvadoran Prisons
“What I learned from the study of Ruth is that in spite of the problems we have in this world we need to carry on, even if we don’t have anyone to love us, God will never abandon us and He is the one who rescues us. I know that one day I will change and …
July 27, 2015
In a show of power, gang members threw the city of San Salvador into turmoil this morning, after declaring that all bus lines should cease giving service or drivers would face the consequences. People were packed on the sides of the roads, trying to get transport to work. Very few buses were out and about, …
“My Peace I Give You”
Today in my English class at the youth center, we studied Mark 14:34, when Jesus goes up to the olive grove called Gethsemane to pray before His arrest and crucifixion. He shares with His disciples, “My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death.” So great is His agony that Jesus asks the …
Inside Mariona Prison
For several months now, I have been going through security checks and pat downs every Thursday, not in the airport but as I enter and leave Mariona prison. It’s a bothersome process, but well worth it when I consider the men inside waiting for the English Bible Study. Mariona houses some 5,000 inmates in a …
Beauty For Ashes
To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the LORD has planted for his own glory. Isaiah 61:3 Life is hard, for everybody. There is no getting …
THE AEO ROCK EL SALVADOR!
James McCray and Thomas Lane of the Anointed Ex-Offenders (AEO) came to El Salvador this past month together with Pastor Jack Weber for a rigorous week of ministry with their special gifts of song, dance, beat-box and testimony. They delighted kids in the Christ For the City International soccer schools, and people in a …
Salvadoran Elections Fair and Efficient
This past Sunday I served as one of the International Election Observers for the second round of the Presidential Election, and was very impressed with how smoothly things went. There were lots of checks and balances to assure that there was no fraud. The process was as follows: 1. Voting tables were made up of …
A Word on Resurrection
This day encourages me to reflect on the truths found in the Bible about resurrection and life after death. After Bryan died, I had so many questions and few answers, but one thing I have always been assured of is that Bryan knew where he was going. I know this because of a single word …
Who is my neighbor?
Recently I preached at an evening service of a Baptist church in the neighboring city of Soyapango on Luke 10:25-37. I retold the story in this passage in a modern Salvadoran context: A Salvadoran businessman was going from San Salvador to Soyapango, and was at a bus stop when a gang attacked him, robbing him …
The Mustard Seed 