Tomorrow - ONE MONTH

So, tomorrow it will be ONE month since I have been in Nicaragua.. To say it's been a rough start is an understatement.

I arrived and was awake WAY too long which caused me to be exhausted for many days but I attempted to push through it. Though it didn't work too well!

Then the Calgary team came and I was so sick. I was probably bad but when they were around, I attempted to act like I was fine.. I really wasn't. After 8 meds and two weeks, I am doing better. I have lost a lot of weight and to this day it is still difficult to eat a lot so I am still loosing weight now..

It has been around 36 degrees the whole time I have been here. But I have adjusted so much that when the locals are cold, so am I. When they are gross and sweaty.. I'm just more sweaty and gross!

What have I been up to? Well it's been a mix of things... The ministry down here has a medical clinic so I have been working there a couple times a week. I have also been helping out at the feeding centres in the poor areas. We are also running medical clinics in poor areas throughout the area. I have also been to Managua more times than I can count doing errands as well as clinics, meetings with pastors, etc. Tomorrow (Saturday) I believe I am heading to another medical clinic in Tipitapa..

I am also working to get work done for Impact Nations . It has been a little difficult as there is so much going on here that I struggle to pin down the people I need, let alone have someone to take me to do what I need. (Please be praying about this as I desire to honour God and Impact more with this work). There is also a team coming from Impact Nations in August (just after I leave) and I am helping with some of the arrangements.. If you'd like to join them and see where I have been living, and do some sweet serving, please check it out here ... It also looks there there is a team coming from my church in Surrey.. Very exciting!

I have also been having fun.. After church, a group of us usually head to the beach and hang out. But we have also been to a couple other beaches and at one place we even went for a boat ride! My favourite part though is holding babies! People here see a white girl wanting their baby and just pass them up! It's so awesome. On Thursday, I was helping in Limonal with the cooking for the feeding centre and Pastor Carlos has a young nephew and I took him and was working while holding him. His mom was laughing at me but kept helping us work!

Though it has been difficult, I can truly say I have been enjoying being here. It has been good to be here.

Things I never thought I'd see:

*motorcycle with a guy on the back holding his bicycle (it's normal now but the first time.. not)
*a chicken become road kill (animals on the side of the road is very normal here)
*a taxi full of coolers that the back door can't close
*I'm sure there's more I just should have written them down sooner

Prayer Requests:
*I can continue to serve and serve well
*my Spanish will continue to increase and I will be willing to try to speak more.
*I can fulfill both duties (with El Shaddai and Impact Nations) well.
*my health will continue to improve and not get worse
*communication will continue and improve

Thanks for your prayers