Day 7

Normally today would have been a really frustrating day for me. Not much happened, but since my life has felt so hectic and so busy for quite some time, I wasn’t bothered with a little down time. The whole group left this morning at about 7:30 am. Our local contact here, Jose Maravilla, said he would come and get us at about noon to go and get some lunch and help us get settled in the Center for Hope office where we are staying in Chinandega. It was nice to get ready and pack while taking it easy for our noon departure. Unfortunately, 12 became 2 and 2 became 4. They finally came and got us at around 4:30. I was able to catch up on a couple things I was supposed to have done for this trip before we left so no worries. We got to the office and are now moved into the room where we’ll be living for the next three weeks. Not that I’m complaining, but it is a bit of a step down from Los Volcanes Hotel. We are staying in a 15’ x 18’ foot room. Two single beds, one mattress each (no box springs), a sheet with a thread count of about 17, and an adjoining bathroom. We also have a little refrigerator, TV with DVD player, and Air Conditioning (gracias al Señor). The bathroom doesn’t lock on the inside but it does on the outside. The reason being there is a small window in the bathroom that someone could possibly enter and thus get into the bedroom. No worries, I think our belongings are pretty secure. The bathroom itself isn’t dirty, but there isn’t a mirror so shaving may be a little interesting. There isn’t any hot water and I like hot showers, but I’m sure I’ll survive.

Tomorrow we are going to meet with Jose and put together a plan of attack. I am looking forward to getting out and beating the streets.