Normally, my weekends are pretty relaxed, full of sitting around and doing homework. This last weekend though, I ended up staying pretty busy and not having much time for homework, but I’m not going to complain about that. On Friday, our church was having a half-vigil, meaning they had a service from 6 until midnight. Thankfully, our church meets in Lisa’s house (she’s another one of the Dordt students here). Instead of sitting through the service, Lisa and I hung out in her room talking about many things during that time and the night ended with 3 of the girls from church entertaining us. They were all past tired I’m sure and trying to stay awake so it was very entertaining to watch.
Saturday, us girls all went to the beach, such a fun thing to do at the end of October!! It was a nice day and we found a calmer part of the beach where we could swim a little more. We came back early because our church was having another service, this time a youth service. The service was recognizing the active youth in the church and ended up being like Christmas. A few women in the congregation had gotten presents for the youth, so they all ended up with 2 or 3 gifts, with things like socks, belts, shirts, sandals, and perfume in them.
Sunday, instead of going to church, we went to the family farm! I was really excited because I have been wanting to go since I first got here. My mom, papito, brother, and I got in the back of my aunt and uncle’s truck with another uncle for the ride to the farm. The first hour was fairly smooth, but then we had to leave the main road and get on a dirt road. The river had flooded over the road to the point where you couldn’t see it at all for about half a mile. I wasn’t sure if we would make it or not, but thankfully we did! At the farm, I met lots more family since three of my mom’s brothers live there with their families. My brother and cousins gave me a tour around, showing me all sorts of fruit trees and the animals. Then we got in the truck again to go down the road to another part of their farm. There, we sat on the porch and ate papaya in honey, a delicious snack/dessert they have here. On the way back to the other farm, we stopped to pick some corn and I felt like I was back in Iowa (besides the volcanoes in the background). Once back with the others, I helped the women make tamales, which we got to enjoy later for supper. The whole day, everyone was finding all sorts of things for me to take pictures of, so I have lots to share today! It was a really good day, but when we got back I still had homework to do for Monday’s classes.
My week at the farm was fairly uneventful and now I’m back in Leon for a few days. Saturday we are going ziplining, which I am very excited for! And then Sunday we leave for Costa Rica!! We are going to Costa Rica as part of our class, with several motivations. One, the elections in Nicaragua are Sunday and should be calm, but in case anything happens, they want us to be out of the country. Two, one of our professors lives in Costa Rica and we are studying the immigration of Nicaraguans to Costa Rica. Three, our visas run out at the end of the month, so we need to leave the country for a few days in order to stay for the rest of the semester. It looks like it will be a very busy week with classes and touristy things.
One of the many camioneta busses in Leon
This is not a river...it's the road we drove to get to the family farm last weekend!
Iowa or Nicaragua??
The cows here are funny
My adorable cousins! Naima, Jacob, Jonathan, Mareling
A cute goat from Rancho Ebenezer...the ones that look like this are my favorite
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