El Salvador - Day 1

Our mission is simple: help people and heal people while acting as Christ would.  On Friday, we arrive at San Salvador and our first stop will be an orphanage and school in Izalco.  We visit the school and orphanage called Hogar de Las Hermanas Inmaculado Corazon, Izalco, Sonsonate.  Many of us wonder if there are orphanages in the U.S. anymore and it shows how this  subject is somewhat foreign to many of us.  We are treated to a show with music: a pan flute tune with guitar accompaniment.  Many have brought treats, stickers, and simple toys for the kids.  In the clamor,  I see a boy who is not running around with the others, instead he sits there enjoying his lollipop.  I am struck by how he is happy with just his green lollipop and notice how he savors every moment.  There is a lesson here about not being distracted by the noise around us, and savoring every moment in life, especially the simple ones.