FIRST READERS!!!!!!!!!!

Ola

Everything is going very well here. Today we had our first readers. We all got the hang of things very quickly and we also made some new friends. A few of our readers are english teachers, which is very handy so if we need more readers , then, they know many people that would love to read with us. Most of our readers are our ages which is very good, because we can relate to them. Some are older and have studied english longer then us even, but this is nice because then we can talk about the content instead of the english so much.

We are working Wednesday to Sunday, we read from 10 am to 9pm, with a lunch break at 1. We do not read constantly, only when our readers can come, so somedays we will have many readers and somedays we may not have quite as many. The optimal number for us would be 6 people a day.

We will be spending most of our days off hanging out with readers and church members. This is very important because it builds the relationships with readers and church members. We are only here long enough to get people learning about God but church members are here for life, so if we can encourage members to become friends with readers, hopefully then, relationships will be strong enough to build faith in Christ. Teaching english is a very good way to attract people but the relationships are where they really see God working in everyone's lives. One of the young adults in the church is a great surfer, as well as many of our readers, soooo hopefully we can encourage them to become friends and get to know each other very well, and then maybe the readers will be encouraged to go to church with one of their new friends.

Travis and Alicia and the rest of their team have been perfect hosts. Things are going awesome, we thank you for all of your prayers.

Tchau

-LST Team Salvador