Greetings from El Salvador to all of our friends and family!! As the team got ready to leave at 5 am from Messiah's campus, it was the start of unknown adventures! We found out that two of the team members did not have their passports! Coach John had to end up going home to look for his passport while the rest of the team was looking for my passport! We looked all over campus for it a few times, after this it was still not found.  By this time, I started freaking out and the team had to leave for the airport forcing me to continue looking for it! I found it by the wonderful grace of God at a local diner that we had eaten at the night before. I got to the airport in just the right amount of time to board the plane! The team was the biggest support ever and their prayers are really what I believe caused the passport to be found! They all cheered when it was found and gave me hugs when they saw me. This is the greatest group of team members ever!
It was smooth sailing to Atlanta and then the plane to El Salvador was delayed 2 hours because of mechanical problems! Satan really tried to attack today as we left, but we got to El Salvador and know that God is bigger than anything!
We met the sports outreach international leader, Humberto Alvarez, had lunch at Pollo Campero(our KFC). Tonight we visited a developing community to love people, and ask if they wanted water filters! Theses communities really opened our eyes to deep poverty in the world but also, we were amazed at how happy the people were with what they have. It is an eye opening experience for college students from the United States who are so privileged!

All in all, it was a very long and adventurous day, but we all saw God at work and we are so excited to start the week serving a God who is bigger than all things and who is Alive and present all around us! Your prayers are continually appreciated as we start this amazing week of service! We look forward to seeing what God is going to do!!
-Christie