4/4/14: Day 33: Got our ride back!

Last night Hector said that the van is finally repaired! So this morning I was supposed to meet Hector at 6:00 AM at the gas station near his house to go to Sonsonate to get it. The power went out for a minute at 11:45 last night which woke me up so I reset the clock and when I looked at the phone I saw that Hector texted that he couldn’t go to Sonsonate any more. So this morning called him at 7:00 to see if there was any way to get the van back and he said to meet the gas station ASAP. I rushed out and we left to get the van! When we got arrived there was a parade marching through town that we had to wait on. Hector’s step dad went the extra mile fixing the van; he washed it, fixed the emergency break, and the glove compartment all for free. He demonstrated that all the repairs that I had requested were fixed as well. I could tell that he was proud of his work and that made me happy. The roads in Sonsonate are confusing but I managed to navigate out on my own with only one wrong turn. I got back home at 9:30 and worked on Spanish and Lucky translated the lesson for Sunday. At 1:30 Hector called Della’s phone and told me to meet him at the church. My phone was out of credit so I went to the market with Della and Lucky to recharge it and then left them to meet Hector. Hector and I set to out for evangelism. Hector talked to everyone that he saw. We nearly walked by two people and then he mumbled something and turned back around and went to talk to them. He went around telling people “We have important news! Jesus is our savior!” and then the conversation would branch from there. Carlos joined us around 2:00. We had good conversations with at least fifteen people today. We even met someone who spoke English really well and wanted me to come back in 45 minutes to study with him. But when we came back we couldn’t find him but hopefully we will soon. Then Lucky, Della, and I drove our van to Shucutitan for the teen study. We had a slim turnout so we decided to go visit the homes of all the teens to ask what we could do for them. We visited four houses from 5:30 until 6:45. We then went to Edgardo’s house to tell him that we would like to postpone having his help for painting the house. He graciously invited us to have dinner with his family and he said he had gone to check on our van to make sure that all the wheels were still there every 15 minutes. We ate a wonderful meal and thanked them. We got home about 7:45. It has been a long good day.

 

Random kids from Shucutitan