Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God.Nora and Lauren woke up at 5:30 this morning to a beautiful sunrise. What a perfect way to start today.
The team worshipped at the Cathederal at the same time our Church was worshipping. We all felt it was a positive and uplifting experience. Today is John the Baptist day. It was special to have this day celebrated. There was an atmosphere of love and community in the presence of Christ.
The Archbishop greeted the parishoners at the end of the service.
Following the service we had the opportunity to meet the FIAT Group from Philadelphia and they took this picture of our group.
We headed up to the mountaintop to El Boqueron (The Big Mouth). It’s latest eruption was in 1917 where it reached the main city of San Salvador.
Lead by Alex, our Habitat host, the group managed to climb so many stairs we lost count. We were so high up, we watched the clouds pass us by.
This is “The Midget”, which is a smaller crater created as a result of the last. Local universities are doing research on this volcano. This is one of seven active volcano’s in El Salvador.
The country has 21 volcano’s spread throughout the land.
Here is a sample of a typical market village at the mountain.
At the Cafe, there is a coffee musuem and 15th Century swords. Sam and Alex said On Guard and began a friendly duel. No blood was spilt.
On our drive to Ahuachapan we saw part of the lava flow from the 1917 erruption. As you can see in the picture, there is still no new growth on top of the lava.
We arrived at Hotel Alicante in the afternoon after our cultural experiences.
Tomorrow we begin our work and we are told that we will be digging the foundation for a home in Getsemani.
