Colón - Christian base community
Tortillas prepared over a traditional comal.
Meals provided by women in the community with much love
Melt-in-your-mouth plantains.
School (The school year in El Salvador runs from January to November)
Hills of Morazán
Poinsettia tree
Why just knit when you can make a hammock?
Anyone want to learn? — "I do."
Outdoor washing area (dishes, clothes, water for personal hygiene)
Plastic bottles made into trash receptacle by folks in the community.
Saint Romero Chapel
Those martyred in the 1970s and 1980s are ever present in the Christian base communities.
Those martyred in the 1970s and 1980s are ever present in the Christian base communities.
Children dance in traditional costume to a song about Archbishop Romero.
RMC Delegation with members of the Colón Christian base community
"A church that doesn't join together with the poor is not the true church of Jesus Christ."
Lunch
Angel with her Morazán family
El Rodeo - Christian base community
Library/school built with funds (in part) from Fundahmer
"Welcome, dear brothers and sisters, to our community, El Rodeo.
It's a great honor to have you with us."
Soup bowls like this one . . .
come from the fruit of this tree.
Outdoor oven.
Parting photo with our new El Rodeo friends.
Affinity of leaders
It's a great honor to have you with us."
Affinity of leaders
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