Hey friends, so a lot has happened in the few days since my last post, and sorry if you have a lot to read, cause I'm making this second post before I have even told anyone I'm making this, haha. So I can say pretty much anything I want, and no one will ever know... at least until I unveil this great production. Anyways, so we had the great privilege of going over to our national director and his wife's home for dinner one evening. They're both AMAZING people with a huge heart for the people of their country, zealous energy, a strong vision and humbling servant's hearts. They shared their vision for this country and introduced us more to the ministry after dinner, and there were multiple times where we wanted to either get up and cheer or just sit silently and let tears of joy well up in our eyes. Great, now I have to do this statement justice. So we thought we were just coming in to tell some future leaders about Jesus and help them grow in their faith, but they really helped bring our hearts into our ministry. They explained that since the civil war here ended in the late 80s, the percentage of Evangelicals has grown, but the collective morality of Salvadoreans has radically decayed. They explained that this is because mission work has focused on “the masses” but neglected to influence leaders. Far from disregarding the poor, Layo passionately explained that it is because they have such a heart for the impoverished that we want to reach their leaders.
He then explained the major shortcomings in the evangelical church here. He described how the trend in the ministry has been to win students to Christ, build them up in their faith and then lose them to churches that steal their time, don’t feed them and disregard Christ’s call to “make disciples of all nations.” So now part of our mission here is to build community which transcends the university and keeps students connected in a transformative family of believers. We hope that in this way, our disciples will continue to be sharpened as tools to help transform El Salvador and the world.
