October 14, 17, and 18, Pastor Guadalupe Cortes, along with the emergency team for the West, answered the call from Pastor Jorge Henríquez of "La Bendición de Dios" (The Blessing of God) Lutheran Church of Cara Sucia. She led the first emergency visits to the San Francisco Menéndez zone to deliver 100 boxes (228 sacks) of rice and mashed potatoes from My Starving Children, and provided diagnostics on damages and necessities.

Pastors Matías Antonio Bonilla and José María Saravia unloading food for the Northern Microregion of San Salvador	Synod Emergency Team for Cara Sucia in conjunction with Civil Protection delivering sacks of food

"Mi Buen Pastor" (My Good Shepherd) Lutheran Church of Usulután, at the beginning of the emergency, received a small but valuable gift of solidarity from its sister church, Grace Lutheran Church, with which it was possible to provide food to approximately 100 families from the communities damaged by the floods in the area around Puerto Parada

Puerto Parada is a coastal geographical area in the eastern part of the country, which historically has been declared a disaster area as a result of the Rio Grande de San Miguel overflowing.	Puerto Parada, Archive Photo. PG. 2008.

Puerto Parada is part of the Department of Usulután, and under the jurisdiction of the mayoralty of the city of Usulután. The port communities reporting the greatest impact are: Botoncillo 1 and 2, El Icaco, El Limón, La Cañada and Narváez, 535 families in all

80% of these families were totally flooded and lost crops, dwellings, barnyard animals, domestic appliances, clothes and food. Thanks be to God, and thanks to the organization and support of the Church and relief agencies like Rescue Command, there was no loss of human life to mourn.