Day 6

Our day started bright (or dark) and early with a 5:00am breakfast at our chefs house. From there the boys dropped the girls off at the gym and headed back to the juvenile detention facility. The girls spent the day preparing everything for the retreat that we'll be running this weekend. They went shopping with Omar, Sonya and Ana (our chef) at PriceMart (a Salvadoran version of Costco), unloaded, packed supplies and did laundry (in the bathroom sink!) Omar and Sonya took the girls to a restaurant called "States Diner" where they saw the very type of youth they served yesterday (orphans, abuse victims, runaways) being trained in life & vocational skills by an American missionary couple that was moved by the plight of those youth in this country. Check out their website to learn more (www.statesdiner.org) 

The guys came back from their day totally fired up about how amazing the day was. They really connected with a lot of the young men, and had a blast spending two days serving them. Their two-day program was very similar to "Camp Stength" so the team was able to play the role of facilitator for a program they went through themselves. Derek's team came in first place, and a lot of really cool stories came out of today... I'm sure you'll hear all about them! 

Tonight we went to the famous Mexican restaurant with the amazing frozen drinks and celebrated the birthday of a dear friend of ours down here, Ingrid. It was a blast!! 

Here are a few pictures from the day- wish we could share more with you! 

(Just a reminder that we likely won't have Internet access tomorrow through Sunday, so don't be alarmed)