Cultural Differences: There are some things that I will never get use to. Being on time for me is a totally different concept. For example, a wedding invitation says that the wedding will start at 4:30 pm but the bride arrives at 6:00 pm. This is hard to get use to. However, one cultural difference I found I really love is that after a meal each person gets up and washes their own plate, utensils and glass. Wow, I love that! I think we should incorporate that in our culture. Think about it , at Thanksgiving and Christmas! How about it ladies, instead of us being in the kitchen all day cooking and then afterwards all night washing dishes, if everyone helped out it would make it easier.
ADICSSA: Asociación pro Desarrollo Integral la Comunidad Sorda Salvadoreña (English definition: Association for complete development of the deaf community in El Salvador) That is the name of the new Association for the Deaf we´ve been working on. This group of 6 deaf have been gathering every Sunday afternoon to work on two things: Establishing a new Association for the Deaf and material for the deaf. These are two huge projects that need your prayers.
DawnSignPress: I´ve gotten permission from DawnSignPress, who makes the American Sign Language Material to translate 3 of their books into Spanish. This is another major project but I´m so excited to be able to work alongside the deaf to produce these materials. This will improve their ability to teach sign language, share their culture and in many other areas in the future.
Gas Prices: I got back from Florida to see gas prices have gone up to $4.47 for regular and $4.67 for supreme. This has caused great hardship on the people here. When I got here 4 1-2 years ago it was .19 cents to catch a bus, now it´s over $1.00. While the cost of living has gone up, their salaries (if they even have one) have stayed the same. Many of the deaf are not even coming to church because they don´t have bus fare. If they´re not coming to church, they´re not hearing/seeing God´s Word. Please pray that somehow we, as a ministry and/or church can work out this problem. Whether it´s helping them with bus fare or various people picking them up, we need to get them to church. Please continue praying for this ministry.
ADICSSA: Asociación pro Desarrollo Integral la Comunidad Sorda Salvadoreña (English definition: Association for complete development of the deaf community in El Salvador) That is the name of the new Association for the Deaf we´ve been working on. This group of 6 deaf have been gathering every Sunday afternoon to work on two things: Establishing a new Association for the Deaf and material for the deaf. These are two huge projects that need your prayers.
DawnSignPress: I´ve gotten permission from DawnSignPress, who makes the American Sign Language Material to translate 3 of their books into Spanish. This is another major project but I´m so excited to be able to work alongside the deaf to produce these materials. This will improve their ability to teach sign language, share their culture and in many other areas in the future.
Gas Prices: I got back from Florida to see gas prices have gone up to $4.47 for regular and $4.67 for supreme. This has caused great hardship on the people here. When I got here 4 1-2 years ago it was .19 cents to catch a bus, now it´s over $1.00. While the cost of living has gone up, their salaries (if they even have one) have stayed the same. Many of the deaf are not even coming to church because they don´t have bus fare. If they´re not coming to church, they´re not hearing/seeing God´s Word. Please pray that somehow we, as a ministry and/or church can work out this problem. Whether it´s helping them with bus fare or various people picking them up, we need to get them to church. Please continue praying for this ministry.
