This past Wednesday, I attended the weekly meeting of the Pastoral Team. Present at the meeting were Leno, Celina, Elena, Yolanda, Lucinda, Flore, two Spanish women and myself. The first part of the meeting was spent presenting the mission and work of the Pastoral Team to the Spanish visitors. The second half was spent preparing for the upcoming celebration at the Temple on Sunday. August 29th is the feast of John the Baptist. It is also the anniversary of the massacre in 1985 in Colomoncagua.

Catalina Montes comes to visit the community (which is named in honor of her brother, Segundo Montes) every year. She meets with various organizations and teaches English and mathematics classes. A youth, Teresa, accompanied them on their trip here and will be here until September working with the Fundacion Segundo Montes.

During the meeting I realized that the Pastoral Team is having a hard time adjusting Miguel Ventura´s even BUSIER schedule as the new Governor of Morazan. They have more preparing and more work to do and when Miguel cannot attend a Sunday celebration one of the members of the Pastoral Team (or Aparicio from ALGES) will lead the celebration.

The Pastoral Team also painted the front wall of the temple red and white last week and have continued to present the roof project to visitors and internationals that have visited the temple.