Hola, la paz de Dios sea con usted from Tom & Dianne
Wilson of Rutland, MA.
From 1993 to 2007 we attended St Andrews Episcopal Church in
Edgartown, MA. We met a dear friend named Dianne Smith who asked us to be
members of her mission team as she planned and , served as an Episcopal
Missionary in Maseno, Kenya for 3 years. At the same church our Rector and his wife, Bob
and Deb Edmunds, also close friends, became Missionaries and served in
Jerusalem, Israel for 3 years. Their actions and the experiences they shared
with us opened our eyes to serving God through mission.
We eventually moved to central Massachusetts and became
members of St Francis Episcopal Church of Holden, MA. The Church had recently
partnered with Fundacion Cristosal (An Episcopal NGO working in El
Salvador). Through that association we
were able to travel to El Salvador 3 times with fellow parishioners and by
ourselves for a 2 week visit to the community of El Maizal, El Salvador.
The trips were the first time we had witnessed poverty and
oppression of this magnitude. The history of the brutal civil war, Bishop
Romero’s martyrdom and Liberation Theology at work in El Salvador is a fascinating
history. However, what moved us emotionally and spiritually are the Salvadoran
people.
The Salvadorans are very friendly, family orientated people. They value
their communities are extremely hard workers and have a strong faith in God. Our
friendship with them made it very easy for us to make the decision that we want
to work as missionaries’ mano en mano with them for the next 3 years.
Starting in approximately March of 2013 we will start
serving the people of El Maizal. Our work will be focused on Evangelizing,
Education, Health and self-advocacy. Please join us in our mission by following
our Blogs. We’ll have so many friends to introduce you to, experiences from
different perspectives to share and incidents of God’s work with our brothers
and sisters in Christ, in El Salvador.
In the words
of Bishop Martin Barahona (Bishop of the Episcopal of El Salvador)
"El futuro no existe en la realidad,
nosotros somos y creamos el futuro"
“The future does not exist in reality, we
are and we create the future"
Su amigos
Tom & Dianne Wilson
