Day 28

A day of games, english, and new friends!

Today again I didn't get out of bed until 7:15am! I really need to work on this! Well I was able to get some cereal for breakfast, which was nice. It was then time to walk over to the office which is only about a 5 minute walk from the hostel we are staying at which is very convenient. We got everything set up and then came the waiting again. This job takes a lot of patience, because being on time isn't something these kids are very aware of all the time and you have to be very flexible, because things don't always work out the way you plan for them to. This is a good lesson that I have had to learn and also I am working on my ability to be patient, sometimes I feel like I have it down but other times not so much. But it's good that I am working on it now especially even when I think about my walk with God, at times He requires a waiting period. So not only learning to be patient with people but also with God and His timing.

So we had 3 out of the 4 kids for this morning show up which was good! We are excited that the majority of the kids have been coming! Hoping eventually for all of them but we are taking it one step at a time. It was a lot of fun this morning because Jessie and I were able to teach one of the scholars, Kevin Davíd, how to play the card game 'Uno'. Jessie had to re-teach me at first because I haven't played in forever! It is really sad that card games and board games aren't as common with this generation with all of this technology, well not here in Nicaragua, but in the states! It was great how Kevin was excited to play card games and was willing to put away the laptop and the Mario game he was playing on it to play a card game. That would almost never happen in the states with this generation of kids, if anything it would be the other way around. So it was just nice to go back to the simple things in life. He was great! It took us forever to end the game though! The longest game of 'Uno' I have ever played in my life! But it was fun and Kevin Davíd had fun and that's all that matters.

The morning went well with the scholars that came. I was able to share more with Yahoska what I wanted her and the other girls to do with their journals and letting them know they need to come on Friday at 1pm for our 'Girl Talk' session. Pray for me, I am very nervous about it and am praying that I am able to say what needs to be said and that the girls will receive it well. Also that I don't get too nervous that I freeze and my mind blanks on spanish. I also pray that God will just have His way during the session. So yes your prayers will be greatly appreciated!

Two of the scholars stayed with us until lunch time and then they headed home and we headed to lunch. Lunch again at the usual spot and same thing I had yesterday for lunch. I am definitely going to miss the food here when I go home but I am going to be happy to have some food I have been craving, such as, popcorn. :) I might start going to the international food stores to pick up items that I can get down here in Nicaragua and making food etc. I will first have to find one of those stores. :)

After lunch, we headed back to Casa VISEDAL. Oh and I have some very exciting news! So when we got back to Casa, we were able to make a new friend! I don't know if ya'll remember who Larry is, you know the lizard Jessie and I had in our room! Yes him! Well we met his twin brother at Casa! Everyone I would like for you all to meet Lenard!

Lenard, Larry's twin brother!

Our afternoon was a lot more waiting and we only had one out of the three come this afternoon. I say, at least we had one! We had Winny come. She is a sweetheart! She definitely is unique and likes for people to know that and that she isn't like the other scholars and doesn't like doing what the others do. She is great. So she stayed with us for over 3 hours of the afternoon. She met with Rocío and then we have Rosetta Stone for english on one of the computers, so she was able to use that for awhile. Later she was able to use the computer to get on Facebook and I was able to talk with her and just hang out with her and it was so nice. I was also able to share with her about the girl session on friday as well. In-spite of the nerves, I am excited to see the girls on friday!

Winny enjoying the VISEDAL computer

At 5pm we packed up and said goodbye to Winny and Rocío and headed back to the hostel. Today, I would say, was a successful day. We had fun, made a new friend, and enjoyed time with the scholars. I am telling you if you ever get the chance to intern or even go on a volunteer trip with VISEDAL, do it! It is such a great experience and this organization is great and the kids are so amazing! Well if you want to find out more about the organization you can go to their website at www.visedal.org, or to see more pictures go to www.facebook.com/visedal or www.instagram.com/visedal, and lastly they have a blog that I have been able to write for and it's www.visedal.blogspot.com. But yea, feel free to check it out! 

Well we had dinner at the house tonight, quesadillas and eggs with cheese and green peppers and onions! DELICIOUS! :) It was really neat because Brad and I sat down at the table, Jessie went to eat in the room, and we talked just about God and how great He is and he told me about his girlfriend and talked to me about waiting on the Lord, and it was just really nice to talk about how good God is! We also talked about some of the men in the Bible who had done wrong but were still blessed by God, such as David, called by God as a 'man after God's own heart', yet he was an adulterer, murderer, etc,  and it's so great to know how no matter what we do and when we fall on our faces, God is always right there to pick us back up and dust us off. I want the scholars to know that God will always be there and will pick them up when they fall and mess up. It's amazing what an incredibly loving God we serve! When talking with Brad, I just got so much more excited about God and I mean I have been but I just wanted to run around the place singing praises…I didn't but I most certainly could have! :) So I was able to have a small worship time with God on my own in my room while Jessie was in the shower. It was great! I love praising God! :)

Well I am off to bed! We have another early morning tomorrow! :) Thanks for reading!

Until next time, buenas noches