To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate?

So the other day we got this email:

"There are no vaccinations which are “required” for this trip. However, the Center for Disease Control does have a list of “recommended” vaccinations for those traveling to El Salvador. We will not be in any rural areas and will only be doing ministry in the city of San Salvador. The decision to get these vaccinations is totally up to you and your parents."

Here's the list: Routine, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Typhoid, Rabies.


So what do we do? To vaccinate or not to vaccinate? That is the question!


We've decided not to vaccinate and to be super careful to drink only bottled drinks, brush our teeth with bottled water, and wash our hands constantly. We believe that if we do this we should be OK.


Bottom line is that we are in God's hands, whether we vaccinated or not, so we ask that you pray for our health while we are there. We have a friend who contracted Typhoid recently while in South America, so we don't take this risk lightly.