Day 5

Hola everyone, this is Eva and Keziah taking over the blog for day 5! Today we ate a hearty breakfast and set out for a busy day at Centro de Fe.

Upon arrival we were greeted by our friends of the graduating class where Lucas and Austin led us in devotions. We ended devotions by singing our long anticipated song of "Waymaker" in Spanish, and though we may have butchered some lyrics, it was a beautiful moment when all the Nicaraguans joined in (Roy cried).

When ACS headed off into the elementary classes, the grade 11 Nicaraguans got to read the letters written by Saúl's (Mr. Carvajal) Spanish class back home.

While they read the lovely letters, the team spent the morning with the elementary students. Keziah, Kailyn and Eva read books about the creatures of the Arctic to the delightful elementary students. In the grade 6 class things may have gotten slightly out of hand when some of the team decided to dramatize the story which ended with Matthew flopping on the ground in an impressive imitation of a walrus. Check the Instagram story for the reenactment - it's not to be missed. After the story, we colored pictures of the Arctic animals with the students, knowing nothing else to say but "muy bonita" to all of the incredibly vibrant coloring pages.

In the grade 3 and 8 classes, things went a little different. Ms. Stewart's grade 3 class and Mrs. Schut's grade 8 class, wrote letters to the grade 3's and 8's of Centro de Fe. Each of the students received a letter addressed to them and gave our team the challenge of translating the letters for each of the students.

In the heat of the day, with the help of the translators, we shared presentations about the Indigenous people of the both respective countries, followed by our team and the grad Nicaraguan class sharing our testimonies. It was such an amazing experience to realize how God works through students in similar ways in such different cultures.

At the end of the school day, our sweaty team packed up and were given the opportunity to visit some of the homes of the Nicaraguan students. We all had the incredible opportunity to gain a glimpse into the lives of four of our new friends and their families. Things took a turn when Noah was greeted by a particularly excited puppy named Bobby who decided to mark his territory on Noah's unfortunate right pant leg.

We then headed back to the Nehemiah center and had a wonderful devotions led by Kiara and Alex. (Roy and Austin cried)

From sandy crevices to sweaty cracks, the team has truly persevered through this trying weather.

All in all, the day was full of highs, a lot of buffaloes, and swass (it's a real thing).

Thanks for reading,

P.S. Mrs. Hiebert, you are crushing it! You are 4/6 right now, keep up the good work!

P.P.S. We also love our parents. Miss you? (Just kidding! We are constantly thinking about you!)

P.P.P.P.S Feel free to follow along on our ACS Instagram page for some hype stories at @weareallacs