In El Salvador one great problem is a lack of communication with our culture

I’ve recently become aware that one great problem here is a lack of communication with our culture. I mean, any kind of good literature or inspirational material is absent. Very, very few students know the name Chardin, none know Buckminster Fuller, a handful know Milton, who ever heard of C.S. Lewis? My God, the only translations which exist are Karl Marx, Engels, and all the rest of the lopsided left wingers. No wonder the only alternative in Latin America is Communism.

Witnessing opportunities are wide open. I have an invitation to speak to a church in about a week and other friends are arranging gatherings and meetings. I may have a Day of Hope campaign myself! Seriously, we get many invitations. Someone suggested a speech at the opening of the legislature someday. We meet people everywhere and generally there is much interest.

The weather is hot and humid. We’re in the winter season so rain is part of the daily diet. We’ve begun a home program of two or three introductory sessions, stressing the ideas of service, sacrifice, and urgency. There are so many pure and innocent people here. The Catholic Church has become nothing more than a white-washed sepulcher and symbol of convention and prohibition. Since it is no longer a tool of God here, the people have little in which to place their hopes save for their children (of which there are many) and the empty promises of the political parties.

Last month I spoke to a small group of Catholic youths at a local church, with a good response. Some individuals began studying the Principle. A friend is caking me to visit the Ministerio de Educacion to ask about presenting Divine Principle to the teachers and professors’ organizations. More than 88 percent of all teachers and educators in the country belong to a left-oriented group called Andes.