First week in El salvador!!

Hello to all! We have been here in San Salvador for a week and a half now and God has really been guiding us and taking care of us since we have been here! He has brought some GREAT people along side us to help us with all of the details of moving to a new city and it has really been a very smooth transition. Thank you to everyone who has helped us to get here, to stay here, and to those of you who have helped us since we have been here. God has blessed us with YOU and we thank you for everything and for being a part of this with us.

We are living in an apartment that has three bed rooms, and a long room that is both a living room and kitchen eating area. It is plenty of space for the 4 of us, and we are also so excited about the guarded area all around us for the kids to play...ok not just the kids, you all know Jake and I are big kids too :)  We are about 15 minutes from the center of San Salvador (centro), but we will be working further past the city when we begin our work, which for me (Becky) will hopefully be soon! Jake will hopefully be starting with a Spanish tutor next week and will be studying with her and on his own.  If there is anything he can start doing with his little knowledge of Spanish, he is excited to do it! I will still be studying on my own and most likely meeting with the tutor at least once a week, maybe more...

During this last week we took the kids to visit Benedicion de Dios, one of the poor neighborhoods where CFCI works, and we also took them for a full day to CISNA, the state-run boys orphanage here. Adam had a great time playing soccer with the boys from the orphanage even though there was the language barrier. They loved playing with him! Abby kicks the ball around a little with the boys and also likes to play tic tac toe and draw with them. She still gets a little shy, but they are both transitioning WAY better than we could have ever hoped for! God has his arms around us and has really truly blessed us and watched over us.

We still have a few big things left on the list such as registering the kids at their new school for the fall, and applying for our residency here which should be a real treat from what we hear! Thank you for your prayers, for your e-mails and for your support. We are doing well, and we are so excited to start our work with CFCI!!! We hope many of  you will visit us, or take a trip to a country like El Salvador. There are many places that need our love, our resources and they need to know that we love them and care about them. Always remember that you are blessed!

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