What it means is, "What tasks will you be working on to help the ministry of King's Castle?" It also means, "What is going to take up two months of your time?" It also often means, "Where is the money that I supported you with going to be used?" All of which are totally fair questions!
But here I will give you the answer that we have given everyone else: "We are here to help with whatever the missionaries here need."
I know it's not a very satisfying answer, but it's the truth. Missionary work means doing whatever a person or a ministry needs in order to bring people closer to the love of Jesus.
Sometimes, that means filling in as an intern (team leader) while the official interns are still training. That's what I (Brittany) did this past week. I had a wonderful time serving and serving with an all-women's team that came down from New Jersey to host a women's conference for ladies from local churches. I did everything from help pick them up at the airport to run around translating their questions to praying with the guests who had various needs in their lives. It was a wonderful week where I met new friends and saw God work in beautiful ways!
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| Worshiping at the women's conference. All the songs were in Spanish! |
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| A 10-year-old girl on our team praying with an elderly Salvadoran woman. It was so precious and inspiring! |
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| Matt measuring out rebar. |
Meanwhile, the team from our church, C2, came down and Matt began working with their construction team. They have been working hard building a new church that is associated with King's Castle!
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| Building a wall, block by block! |
Most of the places we go are an hour to two hours away from the compound where we live. That means a lot of bus time. Usually that means rest...
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| The construction team after a hard day's work 😄 |
...but sometimes it can mean some spontaneous sight-seeing!
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| On top of some Mayan ruins! Where I'm standing is apparently the place they performed human sacrifices... 😧 |
Every Sunday, we attend church with everyone that works at or is on a mission trip to King's Castle at their church that they call the "Dream Center." It's a tent church, but it's unlike any tent you're probably thinking of!
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| It's HUGE!! |
So, to answer your question, I guess you could say we are doing a lot of things. When the C2 team leaves, we aren't sure what tasks we'll be doing next, but all of it is for the glory of God and to expand His Kingdom in various ways. God is doing so much in El Salvador, and we just get to be a part of the amazing things that are already going on. Thank you for supporting us in so many ways so that we can be here!
All our love,
Matt and Brittany
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