12/10/2008

Listening to: Don’t Speak, No Doubt

After a few hours of sleep, I’ll be headed to Nicaragua in the proper way, by bus. I’ve added a few things to the pack, but she’s still not pressed for space. I’m supposed to read a thick packet of lectures and such, but not too sure if it’s going to get read.

I’m excited about this trip. Like I said the other day, my family is a recipient of a microloan, so they will have their own business of sort that I get to be part of for a week or so.

This past week was a bore, but this weekend was fun. Saturday morning I woke up really early and went to an organic farmers’ market. I ate a carrot without washing it and walked around for the next few hours wondering if I would die from E.Coli or not. Thankfully, I didn’t. While walking around, we stumbled upon a quaint park/sitting area. We (as in a few of my friends) decided to go purchase bread and grape drink and go back and have a picnic. It was a success. After the mid-morning lunch/communion, we went to a theatre to watch BELLA. I highly recommend this movie, it is beautiful. Sometime later, we found ourselves playing Hearts (card game) outside of a coffee shop/bread/pastry shop (Mussanni). What a scene! Four gringos sitting outside under an awning, scrunched around a table in three green plastic chairs, drinking coffee, and playing a card game while it’s raining like mad. We played till dark and then walked a few miles home.

Yep, tomorrow at a half past four, I’ll be waking up and walking down a dark “El Carmen” to join a few friends for a taxi ride to the bus stop (TransNica). Don’t worry about anything either. My family laid hands on me and prayed for me tonight and I know a few others are praying for me as well, and I appreciate all the prayers! I will also try and keep myself out of those sorts of situations.

Peace

Dios le bendiga