Santa Ana, El Salvador News

Dennis Jaspersen, who lives and operates a Thrivent Financials for Lutherans office in New Ulm, didn't know what to expect when he volunteered this fall to go to El Salvador for Thrivent, a partner of Habit for Humanity in the project, to help build Habitat houses for the poor in a small village within Santa Ana, El Salvador's second largest city.

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SAN SALVADOR, Nov 13 - Jose, a 46-year-old street vendor in the Salvadoran capital, says he is happy that the leftist government of Mauricio Funes decided to put more army troops on the streets to help fight the soaring levels of crime.

Fr. Juan Pablo Lobos, a fellow Franciscan brother of Fr. Miguel Angel Hernandez, who was kidnapped and murdered in Honduras in recent days , sent Fides some news about his funeral and his remembrance of Fr.

El Salvador's defense minister says the army will send an additional 2,500 soldiers to crime-plagued parts of the country to increase security.

Susie decided to sponsor one elderly woman and the little girl Reena whose home we visited on Sunday.

Susie decided to sponsor one elderly woman and the little girl Reena whose home we visited on Sunday.

Susie decided to sponsor one elderly woman and the little girl Reena whose home we visited on Sunday.

Susie decided to sponsor one elderly woman and the little girl Reena whose home we visited on Sunday.

Veronica and Pat took up where they left off 2 years ago. These two get along like they have been together all their lives.

Susie decided to sponsor one elderly woman and the little girl Reena whose home we visited on Sunday.

Last week Gothamist noticed that Stumptown's Red Hook roastery was getting closer to opening, and there have been a couple of other developments in coffeeland too.

While El Salvador and Ankeny are miles apart physically and socially, Jeff Olson finds many similarities among the residents.