mom and dad in el salvador!!

Sadly, mom and dad had to go back home yesterday, but man oh man did we have a fun week and a half!! sorry for not keeping yall updated on the blog, but there was just no time! the first week, they did medical clinics for 80 people a day and prayed for each person afterwards, in which 22 people accepted Christ this week! the team also cut hair, led childrens programs, finished building the church for our friend Jose Luis, did some painting, and Mom and Dad also led a marriage enrichment retreat for our church, preached at my church, mom led my women's group on wednesday, and they both taught my high school class about Communication. we sure kept them busy! then, the team left on monday, and we spent a day out at the lake, a day at the beach, and a day here in the city, seeing the Cathedral, thrift stores, craft markets, and just our everyday life. here are some pictures:

Dad showing off his Coke bottle trick at the pupuseria:The team:Mom with 6 of 7 of Jose Luis's kids:A video of a couple of Jose Luis's kids breakdancing for us:

Teaching about Noah's Ark:On top of the volcano that is here in our city (see the crater in the back!)The team also got to come to my jazz band concert:BEACH!!!

Another highlight of the week was having the both sides of our family over to the house for dinner. Elvis's mom cooked an awesome feast of steak, chicken, chorizo, beans, etc etc etc!

Here are our two moms:

the whole family (insert marty and sara for it to be complete!)

The lake:Mom and dad are gonna bum a ride with the aliens when they come in december of 2012...

Dad working hard:

Looking out over the country:

The couples from the marriage enrichment retreat:

We got a trio to sing for the team one night, and it turns out that it was the same group that Elvis brought to the house to serenade me the night of our batchelor/batchelorette party (remember that stacy and staci?!), which mom and dad were also here for that. the guitar player is actually blind. it is a really funny process to pick up a mariachi band or a trio. you just go to this one gas station where they all hang out, choose which group you want, and then take them home with you for them to serenade you. however, we just picked out our group, and we stayed in the van there at the gas station and had them play a song for us. here is a picture of that night in 2006 and a picture and video from this time:

Thanks mom and dad for coming!!! We had a blast!!

In other news, here are some pics from our lovely Valentine's day yesterday:

country folk in the big city

Mom and dad are here!!! they came with 6 others from their church, and so elvis and our pastor wally picked them up this afternoon (i was at work). since my parents always wear ridiculously silly hats (and force us to wear them) or have some kind of embarrassing sign or get-up to meet us at the airport, elvis took a pretty embarrassing salvadorean redneck hat for dad to wear. i dont think he gets as embarrassed as i do =) anyways, this week, my parents and the rest of the group will be working with wally out in Comasagua (where the squirrel and panda showed up last week), doing medical clinics and helping out some local pastors in any way necessary. elvis will get to be with them too, but sadly i have to work this week (im a tad bit jealous!). we will also be taking advantage of mom and dad's marriage enrichment leadership to do a retreat at church for the married folks (all 3 couples haha!), and they will teach my high school class next monday. then we will get to just play for a few days! ill put up pictures as the week unfolds, and as i get the chance. just wanted to keep you updated! keep us all in your prayers... their time in Comasagua, safety and health for the team, and last but not least...for me because this is the first week i am driving on my own here in this crazy traffic!!