Impact for Eternity

Pondering the past 2 weeks I’m struck with this thought…”what if I had never said yes to this trip for the first time 16 years ago?”  I’m often asked how many trips I’ve made, how many houses I’ve built, how long does it take to build a home, etc. The real question in my mind is how many lives have been impacted for eternity?  It’s one I can’t definitively answer but my hope is all of them, or at least one of them. 

A great friend shared with me what it might be like in heaven one day. Maybe there are going to be perfect strangers walking up to me and saying, “I remember you from when you came to my village, built my family a home, and helped change my family's life for eternity!”  That is the most honouring and humbling thought I can conjure. 

I experience something in this tiny country every year that I can’t imagine my life without. I have made  friendships with those that have lived a hard life in El Salvador. I have forged deep bonds with many that have chosen to make some of the same decisions I have to come. I have grown and been entrusted and honoured to serve on this organization's Board, and every time I come, I have been further shaped and changed to be more like Him. 

I share these thoughts not for personal attention, but I share them to encourage. I want nothing more than for you to share in the same richness and authenticity I have experienced these past 16 years. Would you consider coming?  There are 30 families that are glad I did these past 2 weeks.

Jake Fluker