Today we woke up. Good thing, right? We got up, had our quiet times and headed to breakfast. Today’s menu…pancakes and bacon, and of course fruit! Oscar is hooking us up! Sometimes the food is so good it’s hard to believe this is a mission trip in a foreign country. Most of us will be unhappy when we come back to the States.
After breakfast we went to church. It’s actually the church that we will be doing VBS at on Thursday and Friday of this week. It was called Cana de Galilee. It was entirely Spanish speaking. They only have Sunday School on Sunday mornings. (Sunday evenings are when they have “worship and preaching.”) We arrived to smiling faces and friendly handshakes. There was much excitement from the people…especially the kids. They opened with few songs and then split up into SS “classes.” There was a class for adults, for teens, 3 for kids, and a preschool class. It was hot! Like 100 degrees inside the church. The roof was metal, so it felt even hotter. Once again…no complaints. Our team broke up and went to each class. They had a great time.
After church we said our “goodbye’s for now” and headed to lunch. Our plan was to go to a place called La Finca. Last year on the pre-trip we had the wonderful opportunity to go there. The steaks are the bests I’ve ever had.
On our way to eat, we were dealing with some crazy traffic. Cars were zooming in and out of lanes and honking as they go. The public transportation here is interesting too. Most all of the buses are transplant used buses from school districts in the States; some are still yellow and some are painted like they just came off the show, “Pimp My Ride.” One of the buses we passed was completely full. I said, “Wow look at that bus. It is so full that people are standing in the aisle.” Then that’s when the quote of the day came out. Bruce and Laura’s son Peter shouted, “That bus isn’t even full yet! Nobody’s hanging out the back!” Later on, we saw a bus that was full. One hanging out the back and a few on the roof.
As we were approaching the restaurant we encountered a little problem. One of the political parties in Nicaragua was having a “peaceful demonstration” in the rotunda right outside of the restaurant. There was no way we were getting to La Finca. So a great missionary word came into play…FLEXIBILITY!
We headed to a place called “Hippo’s” that just happened to be at the mall. We had a fairly good meal…not La Finca and not Oscar’s, but it was pretty good. Afterwards, we walked around the mall (Hope Shaffer almost got arrested from taking a picture of a BW3’s sign…I guess that’s illegal) and then took in some sites.
As the afternoon came to a close we headed back to the center. The VBS teams met briefly and then they took in some pool time. As they swam, I spent time writing and updating the blog (not a martyr), so that you all could get caught up with us. Now it’s time for dinner…tonight chicken kabobs, rice, pico and tejadas (fried plantain chips). The students look hungry. So we’ll update more tomorrow.
Pressing On,
Dale
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