El Estor e-mail translated (into English)

Greetings!

Pastor Gerardo send to brother Carlos on the phone Friday that the five people who are going to travel to the United States need more information for their application for U.S. visas. He also said that they would like to know more about the trip. The name of our church in English is Crescent Hill Presbyterian Church. In Spanish: Iglesia Presbiteriana Crescent Hill. The address of the building of our church is: 142 Crescent Avenue (in Spanish: 142 Avenida Crescent), in Louisville, Kentucky. The zip code is 40206 (in the United States). The telephone number is (502) 893-5381.

The pastor of the church is Pastor Jane (in Spanish: Juana) Larsen-Wigger). (The five people know Pastor Jane from our visits to El Estor and Coban.) Crescent Hill is a neighborhood in east Louisville, in the state of Kentucky. It is possible to communicate with the church by e-mail at: office@crescenthill.org.

This summer we are busy communicating with you all about the trip and working together to make money for the trip. On August 6 we are going to have a sale in the church to make money for the trip. Because of this, we d not have an itinerary now. But we are talking about the trip.

The five people are going to arrive in the Louisville airport on Friday night. It is possible that on Saturday the five people are going to go with a group from our church to a farm in Indiana (to pick pumpkins). It is possible that on Saturday night the five people are going to go to another Presbyterian church where people from our church and other people have a worship service and meal or Bible study in Spanish.

It is possible that on Sunday the five people are going to participate in a worship service at our church. We hope that one or two people from the five is going to preach at the service. A short message would be fine. After worship it is possible that we going to have lunch at church and many of the five people are going to talk with a group about their ministries in Guatemala and their life in Guatemala.

During the week it is possible that the five people are going to visit with Maria Arroyo and Hunter Farrell, people from our church who are leaders in the national church (the PCI(USA)) at the Presbyterian Center in Louisville and participate in a small worship service at the Center. It is also possible that during the week that five people are going to visit other people in Louisville: leaders of the Mid-Kentucky Presbytery in their offices, professors and students at Louisville Presbyterian seminary, and leaders in a theater company with people who work in Louisville and Guatemala. It is also possible that the five people are going to have dinner with students and teachers of the English classes that we have for people who do not speak English but would like to speak English (and participate in a class also?).

It is possible that the five people are going during the day to visit a very large and very old cave that is one and half hours more or less from Louisville. It is also possible that the five people are going to visit in Louisville a famous racetrack where horses compete in the spring and fall.

During the week that the five people are going to be in Louisville it is possible that each person is going to stay with a family from our church in their house or apartment. It is possible that the five people are going to eat some meals together in the homes of other families in the church. It is possible that other times one or two of the five people are going to dine with different families. It is also possible that they are going to have some meals in restaurants or at the homes of families from other churches.

I believe that it is also going to be important for the five people to have enough time to sleep and relax.

I hope that you all are going to communicate your ideas about the trip, including responses to our ideas.

It’s been hot in the United States in July. This past Wednesday the church had a festival for people in the neighborhood near our building. Many people were there and we hope that some of these people are going to return for a worship service or are going to begin a relationship with Jesus.

I understand that your country is going to have an election this fall. Best wishes with that and with your summer. Blessings for your ministries.

I hope to see some of you all soon.’

- Perry