Nicaragua: Part 6

Sunday, June 29: After breakfast in the morning we packed up the bus and made it to a nearby church for their 9:30 service. It was a bright and airy cement block building with tall open windows, very light gray tiles on the floor, and a blaring sound system for a keyboard and drums and microphone on the podium. As promised, it was a very loud, enthusiastic, Evangelical service with lots of talk and lots of singing, all in Spanish, which went on and on and on.  We were introduced to the congregation and Bonnie said a few works on our behalf. Carolina mentioned several times that we had to leave at noon and right on time we all stood up and left, with the pastor mid-sermon and everyone else staying on indefinitely. After lunch we headed all the way back to Managua with only a rest stop in Jinotega. Part of our hurry was because Jeffrey had had word that his brother was very ill with complications of diabetes and in the hospital. We went to the Nehemiah Center where a number of groups were staying and they fed us a nice meal of chicken, salad, and, of course, rice and beans. We sat in a group and had a discussion about CEPAD with one of the directors. As we talked we got the sad news that Jeffrey’s brother had died. We returned to the Casa San Juan in different rooms but similar groupings and settled in to what felt like very luxurious beds after our time on the floor of the school.

Pastor Bonnie gives greetings on the group's behalf.

I forgot how few people were there until I saw this picture again.

Carol and Grant leave the church.

William atop his carefully loaded bus.

Don Pedro's nieces enjoy the hammock on the front porch.