We have completed 4 great days of med clinics in villages where churches should be planted in the future. We will spend the day in La Palma tomorrow before going home Saturday. God has been glorified!

We had about 70 adults and 50 children yesterday at a clinic in Santa Anita. There is no doctor in the town yet, but they have a nice facility and some good nurses. Our team adapted to some difficult situations quite nicely. We have a super team! Everyone is compassionate and kind and hard working. We are blessed in many ways. We attended a preaching campaign in La Antigua last night with good attendance. We are well and healthy and happy.

We are truly blessed on this trip to have wonderful people on the team and a great group of translators. Carlos is one of the very best ever, and we have Julia and Kevin also. Julia lives in El Salvador but has very good English and a servant's heart. Kevin is 14 but very mature and helpful as well as knowing English well.

Two men were baptized this afternoon in a tank in the Ocotepeque prison. We spent the morning treating 75 prisoners and staff members; simultaneously, Jorge, Alex, and Luis were conducting a Bible study in the main area of the prison, and Gloria and Lucia were studying with Midian and Evelyn in the women's cell block.

We are here! One more team member will join us this afternoon. We had a long day yesterday in our travels. Carla's plane from Memphis had mechanical trouble and she was rebooked to arrive in San Salvador at 6:30 pm. The rest of us waited for her at the beach, and of course were forced to eat seafood (fresh). The trip up the hill was uneventful and we arrived in Ocotepeque just after 10pm. We were met and welcomed by the Rodriguez family and some church people. We are now rested and ready for a day of work--preparing for the medical work tomorrow, evangelizing, and worshiping. We are well and healthy. Ralph

We are ready for our trip! Saturday we travel to Ocotepeque for a reunion with people we love. We have a busy week planned for us to help those who cannot help themselves. Please pray for our safety and security and success.

We have received approval for our medical brigade from the Health Ministry. Our trip is Jan 12-19, and so many times theh approval did not come until during or after the trip. We have a small but hard-working team and will have a good trip. In addition to the prison, we will serve patients in 4 villages where health care is scarce.