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Whew. It's been quite the week! Sorry for not updating the blog in a while. I didn't have too much internet access all week in Leon. But boy did I have such a great time. Let me give you a run down.
So Sunday after going to church with Raf and his family, as well as the Messers, we headed to eat lunch at a legit pizza place. I love when we come upon another great restaurant in Matagalpa! And then we headed back to the house where I rushed to get all of my stuff together. But Doña Fide made sure to pack me with some leftover pizza just in case I got hungry on the bus. :) Raf and the Messers dropped me off at the bus to head to Leon. What an experience! I was sort of nervous at first, watching my stuff the whole time, eyes darting everywhere. But I soon got used to it. Ha, boy did I stick out like a sore thumb as usual. Only blonde haired/blue eyed person on that bus. At one point I looked to the guy beside me and asked him a question in Spanish and he jumped like he was surprised. Haha, he was quite taken back that I was able to speak Spanish. Most of the ride I felt like I was in a music video with reggaeton/Daddy Yankee playing the whole time. I just had to laugh and enjoy it. But Jorge was there ready to pick me up once I got there. And before you knew it, I was assimilated into the group he had there. We quickly all became friends when we killed a bat in the second floor of his house. Haha, it was quite a scene.
The week of drilling the well went something like this: Monday/Tuesday we "explored" to see if we could find clean water. We drilled down 110 feet and found clean water from about 60-90 ft with 90-11o ft being clay. So we decided to make the well 85 feet deep with the screen for the clean water coming in from 70-80 ft. Drilling and building the well was so much fun, but what I enjoyed the most was being in a community I've never been to before and building relationships with people I'd never met. The community we worked in was called Nueva Vida/New Life and by the end of the week I had a little posse of boys that I played fútbol with, had water wars with, and even wrestled with. Haha, pictures soon to come. But really, I learned so much this week about being even more intentional with everything I do in the communities. We talked in one of our group meetings at the team house about how we had to make sure that we were focusing on harvesting people for the Lord instead of getting caught up in just planting seeds. Sometimes in communities I always think, "Well I'll just be shining the Father's light today," when I'm missing out on divine opportunities to really let people know of the Father's love. So when opportunities came up this past week to share the Father's love through conversation and action, I made sure to take advantage of it.
Other happenings this week included going out to see a movie, "Knight and Day" with the team, as well as going to the beach on Thursday evening after working. It was such a blessing to be in Leon and really get to see the work of Living Water International. Being able to share in granting people with clean drinking water as well as the living water of the Holy Spirit was absolutely incredible. I feel so lucky that Jorge was willing to let me come out there and share in that experience with them.
So the trip was great and I even got to know the kid sitting beside me on the bus on the way back to Matagalpa. It was neat because we were both the same age and studying the same thing in college. Ha, I love building those random relationships with people here in Nica. Last night I enjoyed catching up with Don Omar, Doña Fide, and Morgan for a while. So many stories to share between me and Mo. Today I've just been chilling out a bit, doing laundry, and enjoying some great conversation with Doña Fide. Raf and I dropped Mo off at the church for her trip to Jinotepe at 11 this morning, with a fresh batido in hand. I just finished talking and catching up with Raf for a little bit and it looks like I'll be going to play outside for a bit with the neighborhood kids. From hanging out with them last night, it seems like they've been lost without me. haha. Love you all and praying for you.
sb