Yesterday, we took food and clothing to Monte Horeb (aka Sewer Pond) neighborhood. The ladies of Todopoderosa church cooked the food and they do a wonderful job of it. Three of them helped serve the food.
We gave out lots of clothing to the kids and a few adults. We had 18 suitcases and tubs of clothing to give away. What we had left after distributing at Monte Horeb, we took to the Todopoderosa church for them to add to their clothing giveaway on Sunday. Hundreds of people are going to be blessed with a new article of clothing. A few hundred were fed a hot meal yesterday. Many smiles and hugs.
It was so good to see friendly and familiar faces at Monte Horeb. The kids there are growing a lot. A special family with a baby girl named Dariela, always looks for me and I love to see them. Mother has a physical problem and sometimes uses a walker. Dad is always very welcoming and appreciative of what we can give them. He even found me on the street in León one day to say hi. Dariela is growing up so much and is so beautiful! She turned 1 year old in April. She had on a pretty dress and her hair was in pigtails. So cute! I didn’t get a chance for a picture on my camera, but I called to Mike to grab a pic for me. I can’t wait to see it.
We took the cooks/servers to lunch at Tip Top and then we ran to a few stores to try and find some help with Mary’s new camera. No luck on the camera help, but Mike took us to have ice cream to make Mary feel better. ☺ Then we came back to the house. Everyone laid down for some rest. We get up early and the heat drains us, so we grab times of rest when we can.
After a dinner of left-overs, we sat upstairs and chatted. It started lightning a lot and then came a downpour. It didn’t last too long, but we lost power. It was pretty stuffy trying to sleep. Sometime in the middle of the night, the power came back on and we had fans for sleeping again. It also rained again, but that sound was nice to hear.
I went for my almost-every-morning 4 mile walk this morning. I try to go at 6am because it’s so hot by the time I get back. The air was nicer this morning since there had been rain last night. I didn’t have to navigate any cattle, but there were plenty of piles on the sidewalk where they had been walking. I also saw a dead dog on the side of the road. Too bad. It was one of the more healthy looking ones. Except for being dead, of course.
I grabbed my shower and got ready to go into town. Mary isn’t feeling very well today, so she stayed home while Mike, Sherry, Manuel, Haley and I went to town to buy some things for the house, groceries for tonight’s dinner with some of the translators and groceries for the team that comes in tomorrow night. Haley and I got the chance to shop a little at some of the clothing shops. You never know what you will find there. I fell in love with a sun dress. They don’t have my current size, and since I’m losing weight, I bought one for my incentive. I hope to be in it by Christmas. If all goes well, it will be my Christmas picture. I picked up some plastic bins to store things under my bed. Stuff like that is expensive down here, but the size of these is too big to put into tubs or suitcases. I’ll get all organized some day!
I need to spend some time catching up on my Bible study. I seem to be a day or two behind all the time. There is so much I want to read and study, but even though we don’t have a team right now, we are pretty busy with stuff. I just pray for God to order my steps.
I’m really looking forward to the Translators and their families coming out for dinner tonight. Sherry has fixed lasagna and salad. German is bringing bread and ice cream to top it all off. Yum! I can’t wait to see how some of the kids have grown since we had them out last December. I better get my camera ready!
Manuelito has kept me busy playing his pretend wife. He loves to pretend everything. He loves to sing to his iPod and play the drums and keyboard upstairs. I’m sure the neighbors think a band has moved in. Ha!
I had brought down my old blackberry phone to see if it could be used here in Nica. Since it’s a Verizon model, it cannot be used here. It’s of no use to me in the states either, so I let Manuelito have it. He was very sad not to have a phone. Now he is thrilled. I’m glad to find a home for it! Speaking of phones, I bought an inexpensive phone to use here in Nica. It’s cute. Turquoise blue. Very easy to read and use. I wanted simple! I’m very happy with it.
I think people may start arriving soon, so I’ll get off of here and greet everyone. Let the party begin!!
Well… a huge thunderstorm came from the east, which meant that it hit León first. It knocked out power and flooded the streets. It rained hard here at the beach and knocked out our power, too. We have a propane gas stove, so Sherry finished cooking via flashlight. German brought Juan and his daughter, Oscar and his son and German’s own family out. No one else could make it because of the bad weather and other commitments. We ate by flashlight and jumped and squealed at the lightening and thunder. It rained hard. But we had a great time. After dinner, the power came back on and the adults all sat around and chatted as the kids played hide and seek. It was very fun. Thankfully, the power stayed on all night and we got a good night’s sleep with the fans. God is always so good to us.
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