July 22, 2013
A juxtaposition day names today well. We culminated our trip in la campa this afternoon and returned to San Salvador in an air conditioned bus. Whoa! As one member said upon arriving at the guest house, "It's like the Taj Mahal." Fans in our room, flushing toilets, fixed walls and lights, and edible food no matter its temperature (outside the guesthouse, fresh veggies are out.) So the final hours in El Paisnal were bittersweet for some of us. This connection with the Sister Church is the reason many of us came down, but the heat and the conditions are pressing us too. I enjoyed my time there, but I was ready for the next leg of the adventure. I'm grateful my Spanish stuck with me especially in places where the English knowledge was very low.
This evening with city sounds, quieter in some ways than those of the country were a nice change as we put our thoughts together and gathered for our first reflection time. By the end of the week, reflection time might become our favorite part.
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