Fun with CC Spring Valley Youth

Personal Note: It was so hard to say goodbye to these guys. There are some teams that you just connect with.


Can you believe that I would post these face-shaking pictures on here?

Annie and iCarly with two failed attempts at "face-shaking"

Mike Garcia and I shaking our faces for the camera... haha

A bus full of rowdy missionaries and Ethan's most awesome picture ever!

The girl who gave her life to Christ (Pati) and two other Christian girls (Patricia and Ruth)

Little kid begging to use my camera, and the picture that he took as he held it backwards.

Little Carolina and I, and Ethan's new friend.

My brother making a crazy face, and our driver getting in on the ministry action.

A little boy getting treatment and an amateur photographer and work.

My little brother wishing peace for the middle east, and an astonished Mike Garcia.




Hey everbody!

God bless you all and keep you close to Him. We've just said goodbye to the Calvary Chapel High School El Salvador team, and I'm trying not to cry. Probably the most impacting thing for me was that my brother, Ethan, was on this team. We had a lot of fun time together. A week just passes by so fast!

The highlights of this week (and even this month!) were many. We visited the hospital that we were blocked from after months of not seeing the kids. We had worship and games. One girl, Sandra Patricia (nickname Pati) we had been praying for ever since we first met her. She has always been very quick witted and was raised very Catholic. Usually when we try to tell her about the Gospel, she just holds on to the Virgin Mary which was on a necklace that she always wore. She would always try to change the subject very thoughtfully. One time, Ramon asked her if she knew really why all the kids were in there. She replied, "Some of the kids stay, and some of them go." Very sharp.

This time, however, after talking with her about salvation, she looked up at us and said, "Jesus is the only way to Heaven." She talked about how she was baptized when she was born, but now she wanted to make her own decision to be born again. It was such an amazing time!

We also visited La Angostura, and the team decided before hand that they didn't want to do any of the skits that they had planned. Instead, they made one up completely from scratch all because they wanted it to go along with what the pastor was teaching.

I think the kids were blessed a lot by the fact that the worship in La Angostura is not accompanied by guitar or CD or anything. One girl just stands up with a list of songs and begins to sing. It's truly a precious time with the Lord. God really has given our kids a gift to praise Him through songs though, and it was evident all throughout the ministry.

The highlight that I'll finish with was the time when our team held chapel for the kids of the Christian school at the Central Church in San Salvador. Alexis and Amanda gave testimonies, and the theme of them was really about making right choices and choosing to live for God. Little did anyone know that this was exactly the same theme that was to be taught by the chapel speaker! The whole thing was a blessing.

I know that they wished that they had more time here, and I know that they will be back to bless this nation. I pray to see each and every one of there faces here again next year. Thanks so much for entrusting us with your children and allowing them to bless us. Check out the pictures that they took too!

I look forward to ministering with the adult team that will be arriving here tomorrow.

God bless!

Brennan