This past June, a group of boys from THS and their parents visited El Salvador to work hard and make new connections. The first picture is a of the group of Twinsburg boys with the people of San Isidro in El Salvador. This community is very poor and needs a lot of TLC. When we first arrived in San Isidro to help tear down a half washed away "home", our boys were timid and not very social, but after a few hours the kids in the community grew on them and they began to embrace the kids and their poverty.
The most important thing one can give to the poor is themselves. After you bring supplies, food, paint, and toys, you leave lighter. Maybe the poor are happier for that moment, but if you do not spend any time with them, real quality time, then it will be YOU who leaves with less. When you break down the barriers and love the poor you give yourself a gift and the people you came to serve a gift.
Share the moment!
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| House that needed to be torn down - Fr. John on the roof |
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| Kids at the school they painted |
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| Musical Chairs in Mizata |
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| School before it was painted |
