Author: Sukh

When we see the kids from the streets here, they are just like the kids we met in India, or the kids we met in South Africa and Kenya.  Every face that i look at feels familiar for some reason.  As if they are already known to me.  I cant speak their language yet the love in their hearts and the love in my heart is the same.  We are all known to each other.

There are many good people that we are meeting here.  They work with determination, with faith, and with unconditional love for the people.  We heard a Christian Pastor speak about his life and his inspiration today.  If I would have closed my eyes I would have felt as if I was back home at Manav Sadhna in India, listening to Virenbhai, Jayeshbhai and Anarbhen speak about what they do there.

There is love everywhere and goodness pervades through every soul on this earth.  We are fortunate to be surrounded by people and opportunities that help bring that out in every moment.

All 16 of us arrived in San Salvador a few hours ago.  The four hour flight passed by without incident.  Some of the travelers have gone out of the airport to check out the town while the others are staying at the terminal to rest.  I’ve found a nice place to surf the web :)

Leaving LAX airport was great.  When we arrived at the airport we were greeted with a welcome committee: a group of volunteers that weren’t traveling with us but wanted to wish us well.  Each one of us travelers was handed a goodie bag which contained a water bottle with a personalized quote, a pita sandwich, homemade chocolate, and some candy canes that we could give away in South America (I already gave one away to a child next to me on the plane).  In addition, the welcome committee created a going away booklet which contained messages from some of our friends wishing us well.

Thank you for the warm send-off.  We keep you in our hearts as we travel forward.

More on San Salvador:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Salvador