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| The church grounds |
It is really hot today. I feel so lethargic. It was much nicer this morning, after it rained. Last night I realized that the church is really close to the house where I'm staying, literally three blocks east. So after breakfast, I walked to church. The building is really pretty, and so are the grounds.
I felt a little out of place. There weren't a lot of people at the church, and only one American missionary. I'm not sure where his companion is from, but he definitely is a native Spanish speaker. Anyway, the real reason I felt out of place is because I sat by myself during sacrament meeting (everyone else was sitting grouped together, but there wasn't really room for me), didn't have a song book, so I just hummed along, and didn't have scriptures in Spanish, either. It was still good, though. I saw the second ward that meets there, and they had a lot more people. I'm not sure why the ward that I went to is so small.
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| The church building in Esteli |
After sacrament meeting, everyone was really friendly, though. They came up to me and welcomed me, showed me where to go and were interested in why I was here and how much longer I would be there. I actually wish I would be here a little longer. They seemed so sad that I was only going to be there for one week.
I left right after church was over, though I wish I would have stayed at talked to people. I just felt a little bad because I had left my colleague at the house by herself. So I didn't want to stay away longer than I had to. As I was walking back, one lady walked with me and we talked. It was nice.
After lunch, my colleague and I went for a walk. We walked north on our street. We had never walked on that street before. It was a nice walk.
Since then, I've been studying Spanish . . . or taking a nap . . . or talking. But at least part of the talking was about Spanish, so it wasn't a waste of time. I'm not sure if we're going to do anything tonight. We may be going out for ice cream after dinner. I wonder how our friends are doing who stayed in the hotel last night!
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| Another cat on a hot tin roof. |
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| An interesting view while walking through the city |
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| A horse . . . looks bored, poor thing. |
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