Talking to and singing with the women prisoners at Ilopongo.

This is the one-room grade 1-6 school at Pie de la Cuestas. I hope and plan for us to visit the school and encourage the children to stay in school, believe in God, help others, obey their parents, and be good stewards of God's creation and gift to them.

Being crowded and not having enough chairs does not bother the children in La Antigua. They just love the attention they get and the opportunity to learn.

A terrific group of 12 is going to Ocotepue and La Palma Sep 1-8 to minister and encourage and help.

Soon after we land at San Salvador and clear immigration and customs, we go to Olacuilta, a famous pupuseria, to eat and begin to enter the culture. Pupusa is the favorite food of the country, although many cannot afford it. It starts like a tortilla but has other stuff put in it-often beans and cheese. They are fried on a hot flat grill, often turned by hand when no spatula is available. This stop is a tradition but depends on how soon we get away from the airport.

This is a strange photo. We were inside the small chapel in the Ocotepeque prison visiting with an inmate. These two fellows were in the prison courtyard looking in at us! Ocotepeque has a small chapel. The Ilopongo prison has a large chapel built by the catholic church but not used much apparently and not available to us on our visits. Prisoners at both places are felons charged with a range of crimes from drug dealing to murder and including extortion and theft.

Jeremy speaking to the men at the Ocotepeque prison.