Rainy Season has Officially Hit!

Okay okay no time this week as usually but here's a couple things for ya.  we had a killer hermanamiento (ward activity) on Thursday.  The people here LOVE to play games. we had relays, a huge bonfire (I'm not really sure why because it was already so hot), and lots of dancing.  and of course food!  We had fiesta rice which is basically just rice with just about anything you want to throw in, including hotdogs, pork, corn and really anything you happen to have in the kitchen. everyone makes this for big events.  The member who made it for the activity brought it in a HUGE bucket. there should be a picture below and it was seriously full to the top. It's literally the size of the stove its sitting on.

On Saturday we had a baptism for our investigator Marvin and we're starting to teach his mom the gospel as well.  The first rain hit during the baptism and the lights went out in the middle of it! I was excited to finally get some rain but let me tell ya its still just as hot as it was without rain. so now its like taking a nice hot shower in soggy clothes in the middle of the street but todo esta bien!! probably the most frustrating thing about the rain is that its impossible to teach lessons without shouting. Almost all the roofs are tin or plastic and the rain is soooo loud so we can hardly hear each other over the rain! 

Highlight of the week!! :

speaking to my family on Mother's Day FOR SURE!!  There's a family in the ward that is from Nebraska but moved to Nicaragua and owns a plantain farm.  We were so blessed to be able to facetime our families from their very nice home that actually has internet lol

Humbling moment (if not every moment) :  On the way to church on Sunday we saw one of the families from our ward heading over to the church on a bike... 5 of them.. on one bike.  (and its far) don't ask me how, and they just seemed so happy to be together heading to church. I remember complaining about walking to church back home and the building was literally in my backyard. and it was no where near as hot as here!

On Sunday I met a guy who had ridden his bike all the way from salt lake city to here.  He is trying to go to all the temples in Central America and he is seriously living in the streets when he can't find a member to stay with. He cant speak Spanish very well and when the branch president asked me to translate so they could find him a place to stay I was so excited because he thought I new enough Spanish to translate lol and I did!

Okay last thing, if i see another 5 year old holding a huge machete I'm going to cry, everyone lets their kids play with them and it literally kills me!

Okay I'm loving it here and I'm starting to understand the Spanish better!  Cant wait to see what this week brings! Love you all! Adios!