Sunday we attended the meeting. The brother who gave the talk was from Bluefields. But, he wasn’t BLACK. He only spoke Spanish. After the meeting we discussed Bluefields and difference between being in the Spanish and English fields. His talk was about Miracles and he used many props in his lively discourse. I sat one seat away from a deaf woman who constantly made noises during the meeting. I found out that she faithfully attends every meeting and a special pioneer couple studied with her 2 years ago but left the island. She has no-one to study with her but loves coming to the Kingdom Hall. We need people down here from the SIGN LANGUAGE!!
After the meeting we went home and prepared lunch. We made a delicious fresco from the Starfruits from yesterday's bible study. We then rented bikes and biked 20Km to Ojos de Agua. We swam for a few minutes and then were joined by 8 others from the congregation. We had even more fun this second time. Around 4pm we took our bikes and journeyed through a short cut through pastures until we came to the main road. We biked down to the river’s edge and ate an upscale dinner at a beautiful restaurant. I had chicken skewers with onions, tomato, pineapple and banana! It was delicious! Then we biked back home in the dark. We couldn’t help but stop and gaze the awesome stars. I learned a lot about constellations and colored stars. We shared our favorite scriptures and star-gazed for over an hour. We rode home in darkness and arrived tired and sore. I slept good that night!
The next morning we girls were treated to breakfast by the guys. We then caught the bus to Mayogalpa. This path was unpaved and was exceptionally rocky and the way was blocked by oxen. A blond woman and her husband boarded the bus. Linda commented that they didn’t seem like they were from around here. Turns out they were new pioneers on the Route! She was from Spain and her husband was from Mexico and they were from the English in Rosarito Mexico! We chatted with them and then 3 more pioneers boarded the bus. We instantly made new friends! We took pictures at our destination and then parted ways. We met up with a special pioneer couple for Missouri and ate a splendid lunch. The papaya chicken salad was impressive. The owners also roasted their own coffee beans! YUM! We then rushed off to catch the 2pm Ferry. Guess what!? The driver had a headache and decided not to drive that day! So Efrien and I had to quickly board a bus to San Jose- the other port on the island and hope to catch the 3:20pm Ferry. We made it in time and even had time to grab a quick Tona. This ferry was heaven compared to the horrible contraption of a boat that brought me over to the island. We shared pictures and stories and wondered how we’d arrive to our final destination, his Costa Rica, mine Granada. In Rivas we learned that I had missed the last bus to Granada. Man! So we went by a Pharmacy owned by witnesses. She informed us how to get to the bus station where we could plot our next move and offered for me to stay the night at her place in order to catch the bus tomorrow. So sweet! We hurried over to the bus station and as always the bus is about to pull off and I made the split second decision to board the bus headed to Managua. I kept alert and exited the bus in Masaya. I then waited by the side of the road and tagged along with 2 travelers from Germany who spoke Spanish. We found out that we were all going to Granada. We then flagged down a yellow school bus headed to Granada and rode to the end of the line. I then walked home and arrived by 8pm, whew what a day!
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