What a whirlwind! It
was so great to be home for a quick weekend. The wedding was beautiful and it was such a blessing to see so many
people I love at once! I couldn’t have
asked for a more encouraging trip home. I
got to see so many of you and it was like being recharged to come back to Nicaragua. Upon my arrival, my team had to catch me up
on the many things that had gone on while I was gone and it was so exciting to
jump back into things. There were
stories of worshipping and dancing in the rain, praying with a man after church
to receive Christ, and a beautiful hike with Young Life kids to the top of a
mountain. All of these stories remind me
of the joy and purpose I have felt while I am here and affirmed my need and
desire to be in this country, serving alongside this team. I jumped back into teaching ESL, which went
well on Tuesday. Our students want to
learn and we are getting better at knowing how to teach them, so everyone is
adjusting to each other nicely. Trash
pick-up was really fun this week! It
rained and we kept on working which felt really nice since it was so hot. The kids were running around with us in the
rain and my little buddy Luis Anthony (2 years old, shoes always on the wrong
feet) was a great helper, especially when he was wearing my glove, which came
up to his bicep!
Our teaching this week was on the book of James from a local
pastor, Pastor Flores. He is such a wise
man and I hope to spend more time with him. His church is Torre Fuerte, where we attend and help out on Sunday
nights. I’m enjoying getting to know the
people at that church better the longer we are here.
advertising for a service that we’re helping at tomorrow night…the service is
for a men’s rehab program (for drugs and alcohol) called Créa. We rented an ambulance with loudspeakers and
literally walked in front of it all over the city handing out flyers and
collecting money for the program. It was
hilarious and so Nicaraguan. I loved
it. We were just this herd of
people-Nicaraguan and American-covering the city with our noise (loudspeakers,
coins shaking in cans, laughter, requests for donations, saying Hola and Dios
te bendiga over and over)…it was so much fun. Hopefully we’ll see a large turnout tonight at the service!
for Halloween. I opted for playing with
the kids on the side. It was a hot,
sweaty, good time complete with soccer, some game involving a dance with hip
movement only a Nicaraguan can do perfectly, and precious Mitchell picking
every single flower off of a nearby bush and giving me a whole bouquet.
us this week and we’re having a great time getting to know them. Continue to pray for our team, for unity with
other believers in Granada, pray against sickness (many of us, including
myself, are fighting colds), for the men at Créa, for sustained energy in
playing with kids, and an open heart to what the Lord is teaching me. I loved seeing those of you who I got the
chance to talk to this weekend…and to everyone, thank you always for your love
and support! Know that I pray for you as
well!
Mucho amor, Rebeccita
