Some footage from El Salvador, taken just a few days after Hurricane Ida hit. My apologies to the people there for just now posting it and asking you to help them out. Please do.
Gracias.
First up, a tour of one home destroyed by Ida. (Thanks to Keely for letting me take her camera through barbed wire,… 
Series Archive: ‘My Trip To El Salvador’
Cleaning Up After Ida
Praying For My Family
In the first year of our relationship Yanci asked me in a letter to pray for her Dad because he needed help. What kind of help? I thought. Is he OK? Is there something more I can do than pray?
On the bus last week I asked Yanci’s mom what that prayer request was all about.…
The Fishermen’s Field
The fishermen and their children planted. But they didn’t plant in well-spaced rows. They didn’t plant deeply enough either. Some expert corn farmers inspected their work and told them they’d have to start over. “We can’t afford to start over. We’ll pray instead.”…
What Happens When…
What happens when a hurricane hits the U.S.?
Telethons. Thousands donated.
FEMA. Thousands housed.
Hospitals. Thousands healed.
Insurance. Thousands rebuild.
What happens when a hurricane hits a house made of mud?
When earth by the ton gives way and slides through a neighborhood?
When beds, clothes, and families are swallowed up by flood waters and mud?
What happens when all this…
Yanci Is Famous
“Did you know that you are famous in America?” I asked.
She shook her head no.
“Do you know what my job is?” I asked.
“You are a writer?” she guessed through a translator.
“Well, yes,” I said, “but mostly I sing and preach.”
Her eyebrows raised.
“After I visited you four years ago I went back home and started traveling…
Enough
The number of obese people on the planet right now is pretty close to the number of people who went hungry today.
Coincidence?…
About Shaun — Shaun Groves is a husband, father, singer and communicator connecting the first world with the third world for the benefit of both.
