Day five in Nicaragua was an extremely busy one for the
college mission team. We dove into our
usual morning devotionals and were served our last delicious meal at Hotel San
Juan. We checked out of the hotel at 9am
and headed on our way to drop off our gifts for the women at feeding center at
Leon. The workers were definitely
appreciative of the gift baskets and the prayers we spoke over them. They expressed their gratitude and we
departed from the feeding center with a multitude of hugs.
Our next stop was the Posoltega feeding center, where we
were scheduled to play two soccer matches against the local kids of the
community. The girls from the mission
team played their match first, and won by a score of 2 to 1. It was a fierce competition, but the girls
pulled out the victory and also bonded with the Posoltega’s girls team. The guy’s team, which was not as successful, lost
a close match with a score of 1 to 0.
However, fun memories were shared and both teams had a great time
together. After the games, the mission
team prepared for the children’s lunch to begin. Similar to our time at the other feeding
centers, we helped the children wash their hands and we served them a nutritious
meal. We left the feeding center around
1:30pm and gave gift baskets to the women of Posoltega as well.
Our bus ride back to Casa Barnabe was long, but we had a lot
fun listening to music and bonding among teammates. We were surprised by our leaders, and stopped
at POPS, which is a chain icecream store in Nicaragua. We were definitely happy about having
something cool and refreshing after our hot day of serving at the feeding
center.
Our day concluded with dinner, and then a porch time full or
worship songs and small groups. Today
has been a very busy day, but our time here so far as taught us a very valuable
lesson. We have learned to appreciate
the concept of hard work as we see that, while we are only here for a week, the
people we have met here deal with the struggles we have faced thus far every
day of their lives. We have all
witnessed God in a new and refreshing way, and look forward to what the Lord
has planned with our remaining time here.
Thank you for your thoughts and prayers, and please continue to do
so.
