Well for the 6.2 people that read this thing, it's been too long since I have put a post up. There is too much info to cover, so much has happened over the last 3 months. So I'll give the brief recap. This summer the first week I went to Corn Island here is Nicaland, it is a beautiful island in the Carribean. Next I went home for a couple of weeks, went to WY to work for my uncle and cousin, went to Lake of the Ozarks, went to Chi-town and saw a couple Cubs games, came home for a week and took off back for Managua. I had it pretty rough this summer.
So now I'm back to teaching, we're in our third week already. Things are much easier this second time around. I have been working my butt off though trying to add meat to the math ciriculum that I used last year. It has been a lot of late days at school but it really is helping the students learn much better.
I moved out the apartment I was in last year and am now living with a couple other missionary guys, Bob and Mike. Mike is from Ohio and started a vocational school down here teaching Nicaraguans the art of blacksmithing. Bob was actually at Calvin the same time I was, we had hung out like twice but it has been getting to know him better since I have come back.
The power situation down here is freaking ridiculous. I think it has not gone off once since I returned at the end of July. It goes out everyday for about 5 hours, in the evening of course so it's pitch black in my place. Leaves me a lot of time to just sit there and think. Thank goodness I have a laptop with battery backup; otherwise I would be insane right now. Even though, the power has been driving me nuts, it's taught me how merciful our Lord is that he gives us the energy that we so often take for granted. He says that He will take care of all our needs and how true that is. I may not have power but I've been blessed with so many other things.
I am planning on buying a motorcycle within the next few weeks. Since I have been back I have driving a friends car who is in the states, but he comes back on Sept 12 so I'll have to buy my bike before then. I can't wait to spend some time just taking that cruising.
New posts will be more frequent from this point on, sorry about the long delay.
Paz,
j
Attached is a photo I took on the plane ride home this summer. It's just a beautiful sunset, reminds me how beautiful the Lord created his earth.
A pic of me and my lil sis Britter
