Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Rejoice!

Our theme today was Rejoice!  We did a lot of that in various forms. We worked on cement mixing in the morning and expect to finish the job tomorrow. While at the school, there was plenty of time for playing with kids and sharing music with each other.  Several people also got to hear another personal story of the war from Vilła Japon's mayor, Memo. Beth also organized a craft project in the preschool class much to her delight.  Unfortunately, the pesky toenail from yesterday required a trip to the medical clinic. But we all rejoiced over the fact the patient is doing much better now. In the afternoon we played sports with the kids in a field near the school.  This evening we reflected on the various meanings of the word rejoice. We reminded ourselves how important it is to live in the present moment and rejoiced at the ability to do that when we are so far away from our comfort zone of home. We are also preparing ourselves to leave the beautiful people of Nicaragua and the many friends we have made here. We say good-bye to the children in the morning and expect to need lots of tissues. 










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