Hay muchas flores hermosas aqui

Personas Nicas son hermosas

Here are some photos of my house. The top left is where we eat meals, it is the view from my bedroom. The top right is the front room. There is a tv in there, we watch a lot of television. Nica's like things loud because that means happiness, when things are queit it signals lonliness, therefore either the stero or tv is always on. The tv is good because then all of us can laugh together. The bottom left is the kitchen (La cocina). The bottom right is the front of the house. It is enclosed by a gate. In the picture is Yasert y Greiselda. The dog's name is Rambo, he is there for protection. There are a lot of pretty gardens in the yard too.

One thing that you may notice from the pictures is that every thing is open. The picture of the kitchen there are those holes in the wall, they go to the outside. In the front room, where the flowers are, the roof is not a roof, it is open. It is very beautiful. I feel at home in my house.

I went over to the nieghbors house and I met the rooster, there are actually two of them and they are novios(boyfriend and girlfriend). The lady also has a parrot, Laura, that talks and sings in the morning, day, and night. I am used to thier chatter, it actaully is pretty cool!

I have made a lot of Nica friends, they are very sweet people. There are two girls across the street. The one is name Jennifer, she is 17. Jennifer and Joshua who is about 10 like to play kickball with me in the street at night. I have done that for the past couple of nights. Jennifer's sister is Errika, she is 23. Last night we talked a lot, she studied english for a while. She talks to me in English and I talk to her in Spanish, so that we can help eachother learn.

Today we went to a church called Iglesia Verbo. I LOVED IT! It reminded me of my church at home, Mercy Hill. The only differnece is that it was louder and bigger. Nica's have very very loud churches, its really cool. The songs were in spanish, but I understood all of them, and three of them were Hillsong songs. The sermon was in spanish, but there was a translator. I want to go back there.

Tommorow I start classes at the Nehamiah Center. I will be taking spanish and Nica culture/history. I will take classes for half the time I am here. I will be taught by some staff at the center. The last half of the semster I will do my internship.

I wish I could tell you guys everything, but that would take so much time. Thank you for being interested in my life, I feel special becasue you all read what I have to say!

Thank you for your prayers!!

Te Amo

Mi Casa es Su Casa

We are now in Managua, we arrived last night at about 9pm. Our host family is awesome! Roberto and Greselda and thier 2 year old son Josheph have been very welcoming. The language barrier has been interesting but it is fun to read the dictionary together and play charades. My bedroom is the picture on the right. Like Managua, it is painted with lots of bright colors. The walls are light and dark pink stripes and one wall is lime green. There is lots of closet space...bonus!

This morning I woke up by a natural alarm clock at 5:30am: A ROOSTER LIVES OUTSIDE OF MY WINDOW...no sleeping in for me i guess. Greselda made Greg and I each a big fruit platter for breakfast, yummy! After I ate Greselda helped me unpack my things, she is very helpful.

Originally, we were all going to have our own host families. When we got here we learned that all four of us are staying with the same family so that we can build a community together. Its a good thing I like surprises.

It is very hott compared to ya'lls 15 degree weather. All in all, I love it here and can't wait to learn more about Managua!

Hasta Luego!

As I walk this is my prayer

"You, God, hold my every moment. You calm my raging seas. You walk with me through fire and heal all my disease. I trust in you! I trust in you! I believe that you're my healer. I believe You are all I need. I believe you're my portion. I believe You're more than enough for me. Nothing is impossible for you. You hold my world in your hands."-Healer