Today we felt the effects of Hurricane Ernesto as rain pelted the roof of the Gethsemane Community Center during our lunch hour and into the afternoon. We were reminded of El Salvadoran flexibility, and spent time instead playing cards and teaching some of the local kids a few more words in English.
During the Young Adult Bible Study last night, lead by Jacob, we talked about community. It was overwhelming to hear them talk about how much Trinity has impacted them through their lives, and continues to be a support system through their young adulthood. But also, we named the things we see in Gethsemane that we don’t see at home. A few of the things on that list:
Ecclesiastes speaks to both the community we feel at Trinity, as well as the community in Gethsemane. Just in different ways.
Ecclesiastes 4:12 – “Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three is not quickly broken.”
En Paz,
Kara
During the Young Adult Bible Study last night, lead by Jacob, we talked about community. It was overwhelming to hear them talk about how much Trinity has impacted them through their lives, and continues to be a support system through their young adulthood. But also, we named the things we see in Gethsemane that we don’t see at home. A few of the things on that list:
- The children deeply care for one another. Family members look out for each other, and often we see the younger children on the hips of the older children, greatly inhibiting their activity, but they do it with such grace and without resentment.
- Every morning when we see the children for the first time, or at the end of the day when we leave, they make a point to say hello/goodbye to each of us, and give us a hug. The arrival of a new person is a big deal, and they make everyone feel welcomed and missed.
- There is incredible joy found in the smallest of things. Yesterday, approximately 1.5 hours were spent playing with paper airplanes. We only knew how to make one kind, and they were very beat up by the end, but the kids absolutely loved it.
- All thanks first goes to God, and then to those around them. When we visited Los Buenos yesterday, where the team from last year was building, the first thing Roxanna said as she stood in front of her new house was, “Thanks be to God for bringing these people back to us.”
Ecclesiastes speaks to both the community we feel at Trinity, as well as the community in Gethsemane. Just in different ways.
Ecclesiastes 4:12 – “Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three is not quickly broken.”
En Paz,
Kara