We got a new friend here in El Salvador! David (second from right in this pic) is an American dude who graduated from NC State and has been in contact with one of our national staff, was referred to stay with us and shadow us in our ministry for a week or two. He's already been on STINT to Argentina and been on countless other mission trips to Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, Latin America and South America. Really cool and interesting guy with -- understandably -- a lot of stories. We're having a great time having him here as he travels throughout much of South and Central America seeking God's direction for his life. He's considering joining as an ICS (International Campus Staff) with Crusade so he's checking out our ministry here in addition to other ministries in countries like Honduras, Brazil and many others.

Unfortunately right now he's really stomach sick probably from something he ate, so pray for him. And pray for Trevor while you're at it, cause he's seemed to come down with it too. David described it in reference to a movie where an alien was about to pop out of some guy's stomach.

In other more encouraging news, I've had the joy of running pretty consistently over the past couple weeks and it's been great for me, relieving stress, having fun and giving me a time to be alone and reflect on things. I found a park which is sponsored by the Citibank headquarters office right by our house and it has a great concrete track that loops around it.