Archive for December 11, 2008
Bob’s report: Visit to El Salvador and Honduras
Preachers mission awareness trip
Dec. 2-9, 2008
CFCA preachers make history with first preacher awareness trip
This is a very special group and a very special opportunity for all participants, for the projects, for our beloved sponsored and for CFCA. Nine CFCA preachers attended our first preacher awareness trip to gain a deeper sense of the CFCA world. The El Salvador hosts were the sponsored families, Henry Flores, Yessenia Alfaro and the entire CFCA team. In Honduras, the hosts were the sponsored families, CFCA staff leaders Miriam Cartagena, Luis Jaco and the entire CFCA Team.
On Dec. 3, CFCA scholar Martita spoke in our opening prayer. Abandoned by her father when she was just 2, her mother struggled to send her children to school. Martita will graduate in one year with a bachelor’s in computer science and administration. After learning that Martita’s CFCA scholarship covered only half of her university expenses, Father Jim O’Toole stepped forward and offered to become her sponsor.
Personal stories stand out
Tradition among the sponsored families in Tacuba is to silently hide in the church and surprise the mission awareness trip participants who arrive thinking that the town is still asleep. Father Bob Hasenkamp celebrated Holy Mass with Salvadoran Father Edwin Roberto Nunez.
When speaking of language limitations, Father Bob Hasenkamp mentioned that “we speak with our eyes and our hearts.”
Family visits along with natural and stimulating interchanges followed. The preachers commented that they were hearing really fine anecdotes for their personal edification and for their preaching. (more…)
December 11, 2008 at 5:18 pm Christian Foundation for Children and Aging (CFCA) 4 comments
