Day 0 Part b

Every trip we take to Latin America has it own "opportunities". This year we have an additional challenge of their presidential election. Their local elections were in January and our friend, the mayor of Tonaca, was defeated. We are anxious to see if we get the same reception that we had last year. He is still in office but is a lame duck so we will see.

NPR has had stories about the upcoming national election in El Salvador and the political party that is communist is expected to win. One of the more conservation parties is in power now. Their election is on Sunday, March 15, the original first day of our clinic operation. We have been advised not to open it on Sunday.

Their election is a big deal, as it should be. They are expecting significant traffic congestion and maybe large gatherings of voters at the polling places. All US citizens are advised to minimize their travel on Sunday. Salvadoran law prohibits non citizens from participating in any political activities. We have been asked not to wear red (communist party color). The other political parties use red, blue, white, and green, far to many colors to limit our wardrobe. I guess we should have asked everyone to wear black and gold . . . Good MJ colors.

The concern of operating the clinic was that it might appear or spun that we were supporting a particular party or campaigning against the Communist party. We didn't come down here to be sit home without spreading the Word.

Anyway we understand that Chef Ronnie will prepare our meals on Sunday at the hotel. So "life is good."

We left a little late. Everyone seemed to be enjoying standing around in the cold weather talking, but we still got away before 4:30. We picked up Matt and Carrie Pardue in Murfreesboro and Barry and Susan Green in Manchester. Dr. Mike Thomason was under the weather too much to join us. He plans to come on Sunday. We stopped for dinner at Kimball and everyone scattered to their fast food place of choice. Some even hit two.

Rose Kennedy was waiting for us at the hotel when we arrived about 11:30 Eastern.

# Posted @ 4:45 PM on Saturday, March 14, 2009

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Day 0 Part b Every trip we take to Latin America has it own "opportunities". This year we have an additional challenge of their presidential election. Their local elections were in January and our friend, the mayor of Tonaca, was defeated. We are anxious to see if we get the same reception that we had last year. He is still in office but is a lame duck so we will see. NPR has had stories about the upcoming national election in El Salvador and the political party that is communist is expected to win. One of the more conservation parties is in power now. Their election is on Sunday, March 15, the original first day of our clinic operation. We have been advised not to open it on Sunday. Their election is a big deal, as it should be. They are expecting significant traffic congestion and maybe large gatherings of voters at the polling places. All US citizens are advised to minimize their travel on Sunday. Salvadoran law prohibits non citizens from participating in any political activities. We have been asked not to wear red (communist party color). The other political parties use red, blue, white, and green, far to many colors to limit our wardrobe. I guess we should have asked everyone to wear black and gold . . . Good MJ colors. The concern of operating the clinic was that it might appear or spun that we were supporting a particular party or campaigning against the Communist party. We didn't come down here to be sit home without spreading the Word. Anyway we understand that Chef Ronnie will prepare our meals on Sunday at the hotel. So "life is good." We left a little late. Everyone seemed to be enjoying standing around in the cold weather talking, but we still got away before 4:30. We picked up Matt and Carrie Pardue in Murfreesboro and Barry and Susan Green in Manchester. Dr. Mike Thomason was under the weather too much to join us. He plans to come on Sunday. We stopped for dinner at Kimball and everyone scattered to their fast food place of choice. Some even hit two. Rose Kennedy was waiting for us at the hotel when we arrived about 11:30 Eastern. # Posted @ 4:45 PM on Saturday, March 14, 2009 Comments: Post a Comment << Home	Mt. Juliet Church of Christ Physical Addrees: 1940 N. Mt. Juliet Road Mt. Juliet, TN 37122 Mailing Address: P.O.Box 248 Mt.Juliet, TN 37121-0248 (615)758-2274 Fax:615-754-2351 Email Worship Services: Sunday Early Worship: 8AM Sunday Bible Study: 9:15AM Sunday Late Worship: 10:15AM Night Worship: 6PM Wednesday Bible Study: 7PM Past Archives: March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 March 2012 March 2013 March 2014 March 2017