December 2, 2009 – San Salvador, El Salvador…[IAD Staff]
The Seventh-day Adventist Traveling Bible arrived in El Salvador on Nov. 28. It was the special book’s first visit to Central America and the fifth stop on Inter-American soil. The Bible was taken by a caravan of more than 75 automobiles and a police escort through the streets of the city of San Salvador to El Salvador del Mundo Park, where it was awaited by thousands of church leaders, community leaders and church members.
Norman Quijano, the mayor of San Salvador, was the first to open the special Bible, an act which was full of expectations throughout the city, according to Walter Ciguenza, communication director for the church in the Mid-Central American Union.
More than 25,000 Bibles were distributed throughout dozens of parks in the Salvadorian country while Bible marathons took place. Similarly, in Honduras, which is part of the Mid-Central American church region, Seventh-day Adventists distributed thousands of Bibles in parks throughout the country and participated in special programs promoting the reading of the Holy Scriptures.
The traveling Bible is scheduled to visit Costa Rica next from Dec. 4-6.
To view a photo gallery of traveling Bible in El Salvador, visit http://flickr.com/photos/interamerica
