The McAllisters in El Salvador: thanks abby...

hello again. Jake Fluker's niece is going to raise some money for our goat project as her dad and uncle come down to build homes. she has written a letter to send out to classmates at her school. i read it and thought, "i should pass on these words". it was a good reminder for me of what i am doing here and thought i'd try to share that encouragement to a few others. i just hope that being here is helping 'how people feel' down here. i hope they feel like someone cares.

she starts off with some facts about the houses and goats, etc. then ends with this...
trent

"...But here’s the part of why were sending money for goats not polar bears were or lions. Goats provide milk, meat or livelihood and there super easy to raise. So close your eyes and imagine living in a shack made of card board or metal sheets, the floor is dirt and the one meal you look forward to is most likely rice and beans. When it rains your roof leaks and when the wind blows your walls rattle. Sometimes the truck that brings the food to your village doesn’t come how do you feel? Imagine that some guys show up and replace your shack with a sturdy steel frame and a concrete floor and sometimes they even put new mattresses in your bedroom and put new pots and pans in your kitchen and there’s a goat in your yard. How do feel now? Will you help me make that kind of difference in the life if 20 families."

(thanks abby)

-a few pictures from recent days-