"SHE IS CLOTHED WITH STRENGTH & DIGNITY, & SHE LAUGHS WITH NO FEAR OF THE FUTURE." -PROVERBS 31:25

Sunday, August 7, 2011

last day in el salvador

"and let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. for as members of one body you are called to live in peace. and always be thankful." -colossians 3:15

saturday was our final day in el salvador. im going to go ahead and warn you - this is the final ES blog post, but it will also probably be the longest one. we did a lot in one day and i had a heard time choosing which pictures to put up. :)

that morning we went site-seeing at a nearby museum with ancient mayan ruins. everyone was very excited for the tour!







first we went through the inside portion of the museum.



once things started getting crazy, we moved outside.

our tour guide told us all about the history of the houses and how they were basically restored because of the volcanic ash.









after our tour, we went to lunch farther up the mountain at a place called Las Brumas (roughly translated as the grill).



the restaurant looked over the side of a mountain and the view was absolutely breathtaking.





while waiting for our food, i took some pictures of the beautiful landscape surrounding us.





naturally, we all wanted our picture with the scenery.















finally our food came! MMM

and then it was time to leave.



before heading back to the hotel that day, we stopped by the market to pick up some souvenirs for friends and family back home. unfortunately, i was in such a rush to shop, i didn't get any pictures of the market. but if you're interested in seeing what it looks like, i have pictures of the same market in my blog posts from el salvador last year.

later that night we met up with all of our translators for a final dinner.









it also happened to be one of our own GHO members' birthday, casey.

happy birthday casey!

before saying goodbye, we got a few more pictures (of course).





















thank you andy, thank you dad, thank you GHO team, and thank you to all the translators and wonderful people of el salvador! once again, it was an amazing trip and i already cant wait to get back next year!! I am so blessed to have this experience again and again. God is so good.

Saturday, August 6, 2011

day 5 at the clinic

"consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. and let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing." -james 1:2-4

friday was our last day at the clinic and sadly, we could only stay a half day. that meant we had to work even harder the entire time we were there! on the bus ride to the clinic, andy gave us a final pep talk.

as soon as we arrived, we got straight to work!

















near the end of our half day, we got everyone who had worked in the eyeglass clinic that week together for a picture with some of our favorite glasses - hey, its tradition!

and then it was time to pack up the clinic.

some of us had an interesting idea of packing up.

we also got some pictures with our awesome translators and GHO friends before heading out!



pinky!













my roomie for the week!

i was so blessed to be able to have my family in el salvador with me. :)

group pic - GHO, translators, and everyone else and their mother!

the docs.

after we left the clinic, we went back to the hotel to shower off and grab some lunch.





then we made one final stop at the host church for a goodbye ceremony.





pastor obed hand-painted each and every member of GHO a beautiful picture and had them framed!



dad and i were very excited about our new artwork!

then we said bye to the coast of la union and got on the bus for a four hour ride back to san salvador.