Development Done in Jubilee Style in El Salvador

In my recent trip to El Salvador, I was struck by some changes that are benefiting people who are living in poverty there. As part of a group sponsored by El Salvador North America Village Network (ESNA), I was able to get to know and to work with local people in constructing part of a classroom being added to the school in the village that we visited called Suquiyat.

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Accompanying the Palestinian People in Struggle

The suffering and hope of the Palestinian people locked in open-air prisons, surrounded by 30-foot walls of concrete has inspired me in a way that is similar to what I experienced when I traveled to Central America in the 1980’s; which translates into an integration of their message of hoping for justice and peace into my everyday way of being and behaving. I’ve been back a little over two weeks, and I’ve become accustomed to sharing and reflecting on the experience every day with someone(s). I know that I’ve been saturated with both grief and joy in communicating my experiences daily, because I don’t even need to keep track of what I’ve done on any given day.

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