Fun Day for the team. We got up early and had poptarts (which I brought from the states) for breakfast. Some of the team had bought some snacks for breakfast last night. We left the house at 6:30am and picked up 3 translators and headed east.
It's about 3 hours to the Canopy Tour (zip line) near Granada. We got there and were set up immediately for the adventure. 3 of the team chose not to 'zip' and settled down at comfy tables and chairs on the porch outside the office to read and rest while waiting for the zippers. Mary, Michael and I walked along some of the trails to get pics from the ground while the team was zipping by. Manuel's wife and son met us there and brought Tres Leches Cake for the VOH people. I shared bites of mine with the team. They really liked it.
We all headed over to Narcy's restaurant for lunch. The group got various meals including pizza and stuff from Papa John's and chicken dishes from Narcy's chicken portion of the restaurant. It was yummy. They are notorious for taking forever to process the check and payment process. So we ordered by table and the translators determines each person's total (except for one obstinate table). The speeded up the process very much. We were out of there in record time and on our way to shop!!
We spent an hour at the Gringo Market and everyone seemed to find all they needed and wanted within that time frame. I picked up a few more bags of various designs (I use bags for everything!) and a few gifts as well as a couple of tops to keep here to wear to church.
After the market, we went to the volcano. The sulphur was horrendous! We were coughing like crazy. Some of us chose to get back in the vans while others went up the steps to the cross to take pictures. We then stopped at the museum at the entrance to the national park and walked through the exhibits and made good use of the 'facilities' before the long ride home.
It was a great day with no stress about meeting the schedule (to make sure we could fit it all in) and enough time for everything. Manuel was tickled to death all day long. We stopped at On the Run so that everyone could purchase their dinner and then we headed home.
After a quick team meeting, everyone broke up to shower, sign the wall, download pictures, pack suitcases. The team hit the sack about 9:30pm. The drivers went to bed about 8pm. Everyone will be back up in just a few short hours and I'm not sure I'm going to try to sleep or not. Maybe a little nap...
Anyway, it's been a great week working with this team from my home church of FBC Rogers. I am blessed to be able to serve here in Nica and be with friends from home at the same time.
God is good. Everywhere!!
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