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Middle
America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and
Honduras
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El
Salvador achieved independence from Spain in 1821 and from the
Central American Federation in 1839. A 12-year civil war, which cost
about 75,000 lives, was brought to a close in 1992 when the
government and leftist rebels signed a treaty that provided for
military and political reforms.
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El
Salvador is slightly smaller than Massachusetts.
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Known
as the Land of Volcanoes; frequent and sometimes very destructive
earthquakes and volcanic activity; extremely susceptible to
hurricanes.
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Population:
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6,353,681 (July 2002 est.) |
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Religions:
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Roman Catholic 83%
note: there is extensive activity by Protestant groups
throughout the country; by the end of 1992, there were an
estimated 1 million Protestant evangelicals in El Salvador |
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Earthquake in El Salvador...
that caused the collapse of a mountain over a whole town...
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- On Saturday, 13 January
2001, a strong earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale struck
El Salvador with such magnitude that it was felt in neighboring
Honduras and Guatemala and as far north as Mexico City. More than
800 persons lost their lives in the quake and approximately 600,000
were left homeless.
- The earthquake occurred slightly more than
two years after Hurricane Mitch left a deep impact on Central
America, including El Salvador. In addition, serious (but unrelated
to Mitch) outbreaks of communicable diseases have and continue to
strain the country's health resources. All together, the
vulnerability of the country and its health institutions is high.
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Santa Tecla's Camp |
looking for survivors... |
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Praying, comforting,
loving those in need |
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we
HAVE TO MOURN WITH THOSE THAT MOURN, COMFORTING IN THE MIDST OF
TROUBLE AND DESPAIR, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THERE IS HOPE, PEACE AND
LOVE IN JESUS |
salvations!!!!
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