Day Two!

Today has been another great day! We started the morning participating in the Sunday worship service at the church in Leon. It was a wonderful time of singing praise songs and listening to Pastor Jose preach the Word. The Spirit of the Lord is clearly alive in this country! After the morning church service, we packed up our bus with 30 children from Leon and headed to Posoltega (another church and feeding center Pastor Jose runs) for their afternoon church service. Upon arrival at Posoltega, we ate lunch and spent some time playing games with the children before the service began. The Lord showed up once again through the testimonies of some survivors of a volcanic disaster in that community and it was powerful to see so many children and families lifting their voices in praise to God. Once the service ended, it was time for the annual soccer tournament, Nicaraguans verses Americans. The girls played first and put forth a good showing ending the game tied 0 - 0. Then the guys played and although they tried their best, they came up short against a very skilled Nicaraguan squad (lost 3-0). After the games we went back to the hotel for a delicious dinner of meatballs and rice. Tonight, Lynette challenged us with a message on the secret of the poor and the idol of materialism that we struggle with in America. It was a great night of small group discussion and our team is excited to train the leaders at the Leon church in the morning (and go to the beach in the afternoon!).