Nica Day 4

Woke up today tired for some reason.... the heat makes it hard to sleep, and its much cooler up here in the mountains of Jinotega then it will be down by Managua in Los Cedros ( We head back down the mountain for the 3+ hour bus ride on Thursday morning). Had a fun time bonding and sharing stories with some of the team last night.... it was hard to be quiet when we were giggling so much!

This team has come together really well.... there has been little to no complaining about anything. A few minor injuries or sicknesses here and there (a luggage cart to the back of the leg/ankle, bug bites, a hammer to someones face, pulled muscles, sinus infection, tummy aches, etc). Ya so the hammer to the face... lol, the guys working on the patio soffet (sp?) or what I call the ceiling of the patio, have had some interesting stories. Taking down the current ceiling exposed them to termites, dead rodents and birds, and tons of animal fecal matter up there from the last decade or so - several INCHES thick! EW gross... glad I didn't see it. Putting up the newly stained new wood ceiling panels has been interesting as well... You don't always have all the tools and things you would in the states to complete these jobs.... Needless to stay where we would use a nail gun (:D heheh) they are manually hammering above their heads, its hot & humid, so they're sweaty and SLIP SMACK CRACK a hammer to they eyebrow. Split it open pretty good - the retired nurse and I got to doctor him up... probably shoulda stitched it.... but supplies are few and far between... we didn't even have gauze!

Today started with gallo pinto (red beans and white rice with lime n cilantro leftovers), tortillas, watermellon, and hard boiled eggs. A short Team meeting was set to finish the patio today, work on finishing up vbs prep, me making the schedule and assigning tasks, etc.... Lunch was some fried chicken and white rice (see a theme yet?), some salad, and pineapple. The afternoon began with a walk thru the local barrio to invite the children to tomorrow's VBS - We handed out 60 tickets... as we went down the streets, some of the children already invited would run to find their friends and then follow us to get more tickets! So cute! So tomorrow from 9-1030 will be the children of the orphanage, and from 2-4pm will be the 60+ children from the town - we had to limit it because 300 kids live within walking distance! Dinner tonight was hard shelled tacos with rice n beans n pineapple. Afterwards had our team meeting n sang some awesome songs. Shout to the Lord filled my soul. That's all for now.