We started off our day by going to the grocery store. It was very Americanized and we found a few comforts of home. We bought the essentials (and maybe a bottle of wine) and decided to go to the market to do a little shopping. Plans didn't exactly go the way we expected...
We have a saying here in Nicaragua that a few of you may already know: Nicaragua always wins. This expression means that no matter how meticulous and organized you plan your day, something unexpected always comes up and you need to be super flexible and go with the flow. We Americans have a hard time accepting this since we live our lives according to strict schedules, agendas, and times. We had planned on going to the market today so that Margaret could have that experience. All of a sudden, Rip got a call from one of his friends and she needed some English speakers to judge an English contest. So off we went to the Masatepe Idol 2010. It was 6 different high school contestants from a town called Masatepe that were competing to be the best English speaking performers. We sat in a somewhat panel of judges and we were to score them on their intonation, creativity, domination, and pronunciation. It was hot, it was sticky, it was extremely sunny, it was gross. Going to the market was NOT in our plans anymore...Nicaragua won this time. But to be honest, I believe God was calling us to help out with this event today and in the end we felt good about it. The winner of the contest was a group of students who enthusiastically sang a Christian song, background dancers and all. The students were all super pumped to show off their English speaking skills and it was great to see that.
In the evening we finally got to go to the market (ha! You didn't totally win, Nicaragua!) and saw a beautiful view of an old volcano that is now a lagoon. It was very romantic, too bad Rip was the only boy around!
Today we are going to take some time to go shopping at the market and go swimming at a pool. We are getting a little emotional and tired so we feel that it is important to take some days to just relax. Our blog tonight won't be too "missionary" based, but that's alright.
Prayer requests:
Please pray for our safety as it has been on our minds a bit.
Please pray for our surrender on this trip and to know that God is in control of everything.
A few interesting tid bits of the day...
1. They use lids on hard plastic restaurant cups when you dine inside of Papa John's (and yes, the pizza tastes the same)
2. Their are workers on every isle at grocery stores that are there to serve you in every way. Totallly not like the U.S.
"Need some assistance reaching that box of cereal, mam?"
3. Putting 5 scoops of coffee and 4 cups of water together makes Priscilla behave in a very frightening manner.
4. Nothing EVER starts or ends on time in Nicaragua.
5. Sadly to say, Nicaragua always wins.
I am today what yesterday has made me; tomorrow I shall be changed by today's experiences.
xoxo
Priscilla and Delanie
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