Easy Saturday

I woke up feeling much better today, but still no energy. Oscar had school and Scarleth and Leo spent time with thier visitors.

I did some computer work to get ready for Sunday School tomorrow and worked on some updated attendance sheets now that we're into June.

I spent most of the day resting off Friday's sickness and getting energy back for this coming week.

Friday in Leon

With the Gables on vacation we decided to not have a Friday Night Youth Group meeting. Scarleth had some family come visit and I have been sick all day so it worked out that we took tonight off. It rained heavily Thursday night and Friday morning so the baseball field was still standing in water.

Oscar did work from the office communicating the meetings from the past few days over email and working on June's payroll until afternoon when he had a funeral to attend.

I watched 4 movies and tried to rest off what feels like the same 24-hour bug I had about 6 Fridays ago.

Gables on Vacation

With all the groups coming up, and after a lot of traveling and visiting in the states the Gables have decided to take a week vacation and spend sometime just the 2 of them. They will be back in Leon on Wednesday night ready for our first group that comes in Thursday the 12th.

The rest of us took local transportation out for an afternoon of meetings and baseball practice. Leo had about 20 guys at practice, and they are enjoying the gloves and catchers equipment we got in Leon last week.

Scarleth and Oscar spent over 2 hours discussing upcoming projects with garden workers and the sewing classes. Pastor Walter and Oscar are setting up meetings for the land purchase in Santa Matilde for IHBC.

Pastor Daniel and I went to visit in La Isla and Guanacastal for the afternoon.

Full Wednesday

We had a team meeting this morning about our plans over the next 3 months and the many groups coming all summer long. Afterwards we all went to the village for the afternoon and evening. Tommy, Linda, Oscar, and Scarleth met with sewing ladies, gardeners, and other church members while Leo ran baseball practice. I visited families in the villages until 6:00 service started.

Linda shared information from thier trip to the states and let the church know about the groups that will be coming for the next 3 months. Daniel and Bismark led worship and then Tommy spoke about community. I took the children in the pastors house for a movie.

Gables Return to Candelaria

The Gables got time to visit in Candelaria this afternoon. It had been 5 weeks since they got to see the pastors family, garden workers, and the church members. Linda was very excited to see the progress of the garden and the medical/dental clinic.

Scarleth and Oscar stayed busy with the Gables in meetings with different small businesses and I spent time visiting homes of children and teenagers.

Mom Home, Gables Too

Mom and I went by Viky's for breakfast and she got to tell Oneda and Reyna goodbye. Translator Enrique drove Mom and I to the airport around 8. We got her through check-in and spent our last 30 minutes together grabbing lunch and sharing stories.

We put her in line for security and then went to arrivals to pick-up Tommy and Linda. They got in with no delays and we got all their luggage loaded in the truck, and returned to Leon. The seem very excited to be home. It is Tommy's birthday and they are hoping to meet up with the Marin's for dinner.

Sunday School and Night Service

Mom and I took the bus out early this morning because it was her last day and we wanted to see as many people as possible before the flight home tomorrow. We got to Candelaria in time for Sunday School and found out that June 1 is National Kids Day in Nicaragua. The teachers had put together a big party with 4 pinatas and snacks and games for the kids.

It was a lot of fun being with 150-200 kids playing and afterwards Mom and I had meetings with the Sunday School teachers about lesson planning and shared some of the material that Jennifer gathered for us. They let us know which stories to photocopy and how many worksheets they needed to apply to the age groups they taught.

All afternoon we spent time visiting with as many kids and family as time allowed. We hungout with about 10 kids that stayed after morning service, teaching some English from a picture dictionary my mom brought. We then went and visited families and youth members that I wanted Mom to meet.

Pedro and his mother came around 5 to get ready for the evening service. Daniel and Bismark did a great job leading worship and Pedro spoke on discipleship and evangelism. Yahiara had over 20 kids in the pastors house teaching about the miracles of Jesus from the growing animated DVD series library.