Envision El Salvador Prayer Blog

     As we meet and talk to new people, we are finding out more about the process of people being returned to El Salvador from the U.S.  We are also learning about the conditions to which they are returning.  The term deportee is viewed as negative not only within the culture but also in the community of those being returned. We will be referring to these folks as our “Returning Brothers and Sisters”.      Although we have no information on the percentage breakdown, we find there are three major groups of Returning Brothers and Sisters when they exit immigration at the airport.  1. One category would be people returning to family. This would be, mother, aunts, uncles, etc. knowing of their return and meeting them at the airport, providing a place to live, food and help getting a job. 2. The second category would be people returning that have been referred to connections in El Salvador through various ministries (such as Priso...

I hope all of you are doing all right and you are experiencing God’s blessings in abundance. I just want to take the time to say thanks for your prayers and your support to our ministry and share some updates with you. Our after school program, La Fuente, is going very well. Those that are sharing the Bible studies with the students tell us that the students are getting very interested and are asking good and deep questions that allow our staff not only to answer but to teach from the scripture and share with the kids what the Bible says about those matters. We are so excited and encouraged by hearing these stories. Daniel preaching about our relationship with God Kids' Church Hungry Church had its second service last Saturday. The sermon was based on the relationship that God has with us in different ways. Many friends showed up and some of them expressed their desire to have a better relationship with God and are looking forward to participating in the upcomi...

Hello Friends! We would like to bring you up to speed on some of the most important things going on at our Envision El Salvador Site. Patty Barnett at Language School  in Costa Rica First off, we want to share with you that Patty Barnett (HR Director) will be leaving our staff, which is very sad for us.   She has been struggling with some health issues related to her lungs and lately with her liver. She left for the States in July 2015, for training and then for medical treatments.   Our leadership in Colorado Springs, along with our Site Coordinator, have determined that is better for Patty to resign her Site Associate position and to stay in the States which allows her to keep up with doctor’s appointments, treatments and follow ups until she gets fully recovered (which might take some time). She has been an amazing help to us during the couple of years she served here and we would love to have her back.   Only God knows what is best for her futur...

We are very glad to communicate this week that God has been doing amazing things at our site.  So, here we go: Kevin Cabrera (Wired Director), got his visa! It is not easy to get a visa to go to the USA from El Salvador, but God (in his will) allowed Kevin to get this important document that will allow him to visit the States (Lord Willing) for the Life Conference this year and for him to be able to come and promote our Envision Site in the States as well. As we shared with you last week, the principal of the public school where we run our after school program La Fuente, invited Kevin Cabrera for a meeting with the parents committee and (long story short) 52 kids were enrolled at our program for 2016, that is almost 3 times as many kids that attended the program at the end of last year. Glory to God! We already signed our first official partnership for 4 years with Gospel Alliance Church in PA, that means a lot to us. We are very thankful to God for this. Youth football o...

Here is a quick update about what is going on at our site. We are thanking God!  We are half way complete with the groups’ registrations.  We need 240 people total and God has blessed us with at least half of it right now. Also, there is a church in Philadelphia that is very interested in a long-term partnership with us and we are very thankful that God is answering our prayers. Hungry Church Banner Hungry Church Group Discussion We had our first service for the Hungry Church! It was a real blessing for us and especially to see how God is transforming hearts for His glory. One of the guys we met through football, who accepted Christ and was baptized last year, served as an usher during the service.  It’s so amazing to see the results of our labor.  We praise God for that! The principal of the public school where we are running our after school program “La Fuente”, asked Kevin Cabrera (our groups/interns coordinator) to come for a meeting to d...

Hello everyone! Back in November our site coordinator, Tony Escalante, visited the USA to go on a tour visiting various churches that had previously sent groups to our site. One of the most important things he shared with these churches is a project we have to buy a second property. A house right next door to our actual building! We would like to be able to provide this house as a more private, safer and more home-like place for our female interns who actually live in the ministry center (This is also an idea for the guy interns in the future but we want to go one step at the time). Also, we want to be able to host more of the Hungry Church activities like Kids Church, Bible studies, etc. in our ministry center. We want to be more intentional in creating a friendly atmosphere with the people we are reaching out to. Instead of renting someone else’s space for these activities, paying for something that will never be ours, we want to use what we have to the fullest potential....

Happy New Year!  We at Envision Wired El Salvador are anticipating a great and fruitful 2016.  We believe God has great plans for us.  The first of which is the first service of Hungry Church  on Saturday, January 16. We would like to ask you to join us in Prayer & Fasting beginning today, January 8 and continuing through next Friday, January 15.  We read in Ezra 8:23, " So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer. " Please pray for wisdom, discernment and patience. for Butch as he prepares the first message. for Nestor, Butch and the team as they visit call centers in order to invite folks to the first service. for Nestor as he develops the team that will serve in Hungry Church. for leaders to rise up and be willing to help and serve. that we find leaders for the kids program. that every detail of this first service is addressed and that things flow seamlessly. for the men, women and chi...