And so it begins.....

Fall, 2010--  Gloria Nickles and I were working together and talking.  Gloria shared something from her heart--she wanted to take a team  to El Salvador to work with her people for a week.    I believe God had placed a calling on Gloria's heart and given her a vision, and she courageously shared it with me.   We began talking more earnestly about the possibility, getting excited at the idea.   God had never burdened my heart with a mission before, and when Gloria spoke to me about this one, I knew without a doubt this was God's work, and not ours.    Gloria emailed Hospital Divina Providencia in San Salvador.   She explained where our group would come from and what we do here in Canada and asked if we could come and spend a week with them.   The reply came immediately and was full of excitement and welcome!   I began praying about a team of people.    We began to ask if people would be interested, and in January, 2011, 5 women made the commitment to make what we pray will be the first of many journeys to El Salvador.   Gloria Nickles, Jane Regnier, Angela MacDonald, Rose Tanner, and myself will leave February 18 and fly to San Salvador.   We will work at Hospital Divina Providencia for 5 days, caring for patients who are dying and those who will be discharged home at some point.   We will work with doctors and nurses we've never met, overcoming language barriers and professional differences.   We will see things we've never seen and encounter situations completely foreign to us.  We will learn more than we teach.  We will be blessed more than we bless.     Throughout our journey we will be ambassadors of God, doing His work, and using the many gifts He has given us, as we travel on this "Mision de Amor" or "Mission of Love".