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I hope everyone had a wonderful Thursday full of family,
friends, food, and thankfulness. Our
team worked hard to put together quite an amazing Thanksgiving meal. We had a turkey, stuffing, even a variation
of pumpkin pie (with a Nicaraguan fruit called ayote that is similar to
pumpkin…kind of). We certainly had to
flex, though, and parts of our day were quite comical actually. For example, the water pressure went
completely out halfway through the morning, followed quickly by the power men
coming to our door and claiming that we didn’t pay our October bill (which
isn’t true…). Long story short they
still cut our power, mid-turkey. So, I
ran next door to Chilu’s house and sure enough they let us use their oven-all
day. The funny part was that it was half
the size of a normal oven so our bird barely fit, but it worked. And 5 hours later we had a perfectly cooked
Thanksgiving turkey and our team sat around a long banquet table, in the former
barn that is now El Puente. I love Nicaragua
J
It was a great day, filled with
reflections on the many blessings in my life…and while I certainly missed many
things from home, I have to say it was a wonderful and memorable day filled
with laughter, joy, good food, and lots of gratitude for so many things in my
life-both at home and here.
Another highlight of the week included my boyfriend Joe’s
visit this week, along with his mom and sister one day as well. It was a joy to share my world down here with
others! The rest of the week was great
too, although it strayed from our normal schedule a bit. We still taught ESL and are having our class
“fiesta” for our last day on Monday.
Then on Wednesday we ended up only doing our kids’ program/activity
instead of trash pick-up because of various issues with the trash-company that
should be worked out by next week. It
was so much fun though and we played with the kids for a solid hour and a half,
including a great lesson, song, and prayer time. Thursday was a great day with the team, with
everyone cooking, eating, just being together.
And Friday we went up a mountain overlooking the entire city and spent
the morning in solitude, which was a great conclusion to the week. It was the most beautiful day and a great
chance to just slow down and spend some uninterrupted time with the Lord,
enjoying his creation.
Overall, my heart is just full after this week. Even though we still don’t have power yet (2
days and even a bribe later…), there have been countless moments of joy
throughout the last few days reminding me of how much I have to be thankful for
in the way of relationships, provisions, spiritual blessings, and so much
more. I hope you are finding moments of
joy throughout your week as well. Know
that I am thankful for so many of you and the countless ways you support me and
love me!