"A..B...C....easy as 1....2...3...."

........not so much!

Fridays are very fun/special days for me.

Why?
Portrerillos.

What is that?
A little town at the top of a mountain close to my home.

What do I do there?
Something that I never thought that I would be doing....teaching English in a legit school. WHAT?
Poor kids!
No I LOVE it! Like, the kids have gripped my heart. We have already created a bond. We started at the end of January. I started in October to get a feel of how it would be, but the schools are out for summer break Nov-Jan.

Im no professional but I am really trying to help these kids. They are incredible. We do a written review of the week before, then we learn 15 vocab words a week, grammar lesson, conversation roles, and we play a game at the end. I try to bring candy or cookies, or some kind of treat for the games. They love it. 

I love them. It works. 

If you guys have any tips or suggestions I am so open. The schedule I have now works, the tough part is that I only come once a week for an hour and a half. But it is something that I like to do to help out the community.

WORD OF THE DAY: MAESTRA

LITERAL MEANING: TEACHER

HOW I SEE IT: my unknown career!

This Is My Story: Keilly Moran

Testimony of Keilly Moran (Kay-lee)

   Hello, I am Keilly Moran, and I am from Guatemala. I am in my 3rd year of Master's Commission. I was born in a Christian home and when I was 8 years old I received my calling to be a missionary. When I was 18 years old I miraculously found out about King's Castle. I say it was a miracle because en my country, Guatemala, there is no King's Castle ministry. 

  Through a few Salvadoran pastors I found out about this ministry. I worked hard to raise money so I could come to Master's Commission in January of 2009. It has been a big challenge and experience, mainly because I am a foreigner. 

   I have now been here for a little over 2 years and I can honestly say that Master's Commission has been the best school where God has allowed me to prepare for what is next. To see the kids crying and being baptized in the Holy Spirit is what fill my heart. I would rather have this than a million dollars, or even all the money in the world.

   Missions is the heart of God and I know that we have all been formed to be part of the Great Commission. This year, with God's help, in April, I will leave to go to the Dominican Republic and Haiti for 9 months. So now, I am itinerating and raising funds to go. I just want to bring hope and the message of salvation to the people there. I will work especially with kids and in Haiti I will help and support the Children's Feeding Program in the Orphanage. 

    It has been a great blessing to have Katie as a leader here working with the foreigners, because since she came, I have been able to experience her support and more than that she understands what it is to be far from your home and family to complete the dream of God.

  Help me to pray for the Dominican Republic and Haiti and for my trip. God is good and faithful.

"He told them, 'The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.' Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field."

Luke 10:2

This is her story. Please say a prayer for this awesome student. I am going to try and post testimonies of the students that I work with so that you can get to know a little about them and shoot up a prayer. We make it through the day because of prayers and your prayers are important. Thank you.

WORD OF THE DAY: sonrisa 

LITERAL MEANING: smile

HOW I SEE IT: Keilly (we call her Keilly Sonrisa because she ALWAYS has a smile on her face.  

                                       When she prays, cries, reads, sleeps, all smiles!)

Making Pupusas!

I love cultural experiences.
They are so important. Well, the other day I had one and it was a load of fun. The national food of Salvadorans is the pupusa, pronounced poo-poo-suh. (don't get grossed out!)
So what is a pupusa?
Well...according to Wikipedia a pupusa is a thick, hand-made tortilla made from corn. It is filled with cheese and refried beans. They are served with lightly fermented cabbage slaw (curtido) and a tomatoe based sauce.
One rule about pupusas.....you can never eat them with a fork. What an insult.
Want to hear a funny story?
No?
Want to read a funny story?
OK!!!
Well my 2nd day here in El Salvador we went to a Pupuseria(place to eat pupusas!) I ordered 3 and waited patienlty for them to be cooked. When they came out I then asked the lady for a fork. She looked at me like I was an idiot. I returned the look. I mean.....how am I supposed to eat this. Then the other missionaries I was with began to laugh at me and say.....We dont use forks. (culture fail number 1)

I was in charge of making the tomato sauce. You boil tomatoes and throw in some onion, garlic, and oregano. Blend it and serve.

So you have your ingredients which are Maza(corn/flour meal), refried beans, and cheese.

You slab a little oil on your hands and grab a chunk of Maza and begin to flatten it out into a circle.

There is a skill.

A skill that I do not possess.

Then you grap a scoop of beans and cheese...no you don't eat them...

...you stuff it in the round tortilla and cover it.

 Pinch off the excess Masa....

 flatten it back out like so..so that it is stuffed.

Throw it on the griddle to cook!

Serve it up with the salsa and curtido and a coke!

Us North Americans like to add a little Tony C.'s ....(to everything)

Enjoy a Pupusa night with friends!

Naun, Kristal, and Marcela!

We had a great night a fun and fellowship with friends. I will make you pupusas when I come back to Memphis!

WORD OF THE DAY: comida buena

LITERAL TRANSLATION: good food

HOW I SEE IT: Pupusas!