It has been an exciting week. We are in full swing helping at the Compassion school and really enjoying it. This week I asked to help with preparations for the preschool class. I am humbled by what they do with what they have. It certainly is much easier to teach in the states with every possible supply you could need; however here they pretty much just use paper, glue and colors. Yet their class is exciting and entertaining for the kids. Sierra asked today why they teach so differently down here. I had to explain to plight of the country and how so many of these children will not be heading to a good job that will supply their families with what they need to live. School down here is to teach the children how to survive in their country, keeping clean as best they can, eating once a day or maybe two, making sure they have shoes and other things. The expectation is so different down here. It really is hard to explain. At times I feel like we just live in a hotter climate and at other times I feel like we do really live in a third world country. I get frustrated with the political situation at times because there is so much more the government could do for their people and yet they aren't. I wonder sometimes how North America ended up the way it did. God definitely had His hand of protection on it while it was developing. Well enough rambling........
We are looking forward to seeing Managua in the daylight today and perhaps tomorrow a trip to the beach. Saturday we have been invited to a celebration at one of the churches and Sunday John is preaching. Monday for John begins an exciting adventure of being the foreman for a construction crew to build a church for a pastor in the area. It should take about three weeks. In the meantime we are both preparing to teach, preach and serve. Thank you Lord for all your goodness and love. We will continue to follow God and allow Him the direction in our lives.
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