El Salvador, Tuesday, March 4th
Tue, 4 Mar 2008 23:58:18 -0500
Dear Family,
Here is the latest of what is taking place with us in El Salvador.
First, after taking our breakfast (eggs, fruit, bread, refried beans and OJ/coffee) we prepared for the day. I took a quick trip to find an extension cord for my "office" area in my room. While doing that, Bill and Jonathan worked on the medicine lists in preparation of providing it to the doctors when they come.
At about 11:00, we went to Hotel Plaza Antigua. We took a tour of the hotel. This hotel is less than 1 year old, and you can tell it. (I also learned that Hotel Olinda is only 2 years old having been renovated from a former 2 story residence.) The owner has taken two "homes" and added to it and made the rooms necessary to have a very nice hotel. It is not very far from Hotel Olinda. We did get to see what will be served for breakfast. They actually prepared 3 plates of food and set them out for us to see. We took pictures of them. (They are posted on my Panama Jack page -- the web link is listed below.)
We met Hector Lopez, who is the manager of Hotel Plaza Antigua. We have made arrangements with him to have our Saturday night supper there and our initial team meeting.
I have taken some pictures of the hotel, and I will try to put them on the web page. Go to this web link: http://groups.msn.com/PanamaJacksplace/elsalvador2008.msnw
After Hotel Plaza Antigua, we went to lunch at Cebollines, the Mexican restaurant were we had our team meetings last year. The food was GREAT as it was last year, and the manager and his staff remembered us and treated us kindly. Jonathan got a chance to sample the BIG glass full of Pepsi cola. NO, he did get it all down!!
We made a stop at Price Smart (this is the warehouse store like a Sam's Club or a Costco). We purchased some initial things like bottled water for our rooms, some hand towels and wash clothes, and a couple of other things. We will buy most of our food at this place.
In the afternoon, we got the price quotations from the 3 pharmaceutical companies. We selected our items to purchase, and gave them back our order. Hopefully we should get most of if not all of the medicines tomorrow.
This evening we attended mid-week services at Alta Vista. Jonathan was asked to speak. The normal activity is a Bible class that Enrique teaches over 2 Corinthians.
Well that is all for now. Tomorrow we have 3 other team members coming in to help with the food purchase. These "advance party team members" are GREATLY needed. Things are going very good at this time.
Please continue to keep us in your prayers.
God bless.