Saturday, July 25
As i wake up this morning, i wake up with tears in my eyes because i will be saying Adios (Good bye) to my host family who have shown Sue and i so much love from the moment we arrived. My host sister had been waiting for Sue and I since four pm the previous day and now saying see you later is hard because she is such a wonderful and smart girl. We also had our good byes to everyone in Nueva Vida de Goyena which everyone one was not looking forward to because we all bonded together and shared great stories with each other which made it harder.
Once we left Nueva Vida de Goyena, we got to visit Hope in Action of which we met the founder and person in charge of the organization. She got to share her story with us which was motivational and inspirational. She is a nurse int he community where she gets to see and treat hundreds of people. She was fortunate to get some medical training from the government.The people she examines and treats come from her village and neighboring villages as well and the good thing is all the consultation is free of charge for the people. She has trained about 10 women on how to use some medical equipments because lots of people need help and she can't see them all in one day so teaching the women makes it helpful. People also come to her house to get help and she said sometimes she uses homeopathic approach since she also received some training for it in the late ninety's. Something that inspired me as the lady from Hope in Action shared her experience was her determination to make a difference in community regardless as to how much hoops she had to jump through.
Later in the evening, we got a chance to meet and have dinner with Justin's family at Nejapa Lagoon. This was some what our last get together and bonding time with Justin who is an amazing PCUSA mission worker, Luis our incredible translator and Oscar our fantastic bus driver. we all got to enjoy each others company one more time by sharing stories and laughing with and at each other. After dinner, we all spent some time reflection on the week which was such a beautiful moment because everyone got to share with the group who much love and gratitude they experienced. Something i thank God for was that we all got to laugh and cry together which showed how much this trip meant to each individual. I can honestly say we definitely grew in every aspect.
Gracias a Dios por maravillosa oportunitdad con mi familia en Nicaragua
Noella Bih
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