Peaceful Pathway☮

Here I sit, writing you from Hotel Entrepinos in San Ignacio, El Salvador.   High ceilings with cascading windows and a hand-painted wall entailing a scene with a white Central American cathedral surround me while the sound of a Spanish newscast echoes throughout the hall.   A bright blue pool sits outside the open veranda and a wall of green vines crawl the fence as if trying to edge their way inside.   At long last I have arrived not only at this physical place but at this point in my life where I have begun youth development in Latin America, something I have dreamed of doing for so many years.  The floor-to-ceiling painting reminiscent of an old time in El Salvador A number of events have led to today; and while they all feel like just moments ago, they have passed as if in a whirlwind.   First, I began the close of my service in Botswana, was the guest of honor at not one, not two, but THREE farewell parties, I took a trip to the Indian Ocean, and then flew to the Unite