Fenns in El Salvador

La Libertad Stake, in Santa Tecla, very close to San Salvador.  Everywhere we've been in the country it's been an incredible experience with the members. It is certainly a highlight to visit them and talk about their temple. If all else fails, this country will be blessed because of the faithfulness of the people,in and out of the church.

Juayua falls. We stood in the back of a small pick-up and held on for our lives, to get down the road to the trail, stopping part way for a landslide and hiking through the forest. It was quite an adventure!! It had just rained, really hard. So everything was green, lush and wet. There were tons of bugs and very large jumping spiders everywhere! One of the falls in this area is being painted by an artist in Utah for the temple.

A stake center, 8 months old, in Usulutan. We did a fireside here on the 19th of Sept. There were only a few cars in the parking lot. Everyone was bused in from surrounding areas. This is a district because most of the Priesthood, returned missionaries, etc., have left the area to find work. It is a farming community and very poor. The building was so beautiful, so familiar, you'd think you were in Provo, Utah!

Local families drying elote, or white corn, on the sides of the roads. Every day the ladies, after soaking the dried corn, take it to a mill in their village and have it ground. The moist masa is made into tortillas and pupusas. They would not have refrigerators so this has to be done daily or almost every day.