Day 6

Meeting Day. I think I was in meetings all day. Church for 3 hours, English Sunday school after, some sort of missionary meeting in the afternoon, and group debriefing meeting to wrap it up. Honestly I think we were in 7 to 8 hours of meetings today. At least 3 of those hours were really good. A couple of things I saw a church that I don't normally see. At least 50 different members of the ward we attended came up to us and shook our hand before church, there was a grand total of 3 cars in the parking lot and at least 150 people in sacrament meeting, a little girl relieved herself (just #1) outside the church on the sidewalk, and a lady was full on breast feeding in the middle of Sunday School without a blanket. Probably just different for me.

A couple of the soccer girls bore their testimonies in sacrament meeting today and it was really touching to see them get emotional and really share their feelings about the gospel and their experiences here. The picture to the right is of the BYU athletes and the missionaries from Chinandega. Tomorrow morning the whole group heads back to the states and Paul and I will be on our own. We'll be able to get after it and hopefully get some more work done. Being with the group has been a lot of fun, but it hasn't been the most effective time. I really think they have all really enjoyed the experience.