St. John Goes to Nicaragua

1. The toilet paper does not go in the toilet. It goes in the trash can beside the toilet, which fortunately magically is emptied every day at our house. I am grateful for whomever has that job.

2. Turn the hotwater from "on" to "off" when you are done taking a shower. There is this nifty little gadget on each shower head that heats the water instantly. Very cool, very efficient...except that to have warm water you must only turn the shower on a little. But as Mary Ann previously stated, who´s complaining?

3. Take my water bottle to the bathroom sink to brush my teeth. I don´t even need the slightest chance of getting the dreaded traveler´s diarrhea since I can´t take the cipro or immodium to treat it.

4. Where the @, ?, and " are on this dang keyboard. It is Nicaraguan and set up for Spanish speakers, just like most of the things we´re using here. Go figure!

And now a few random thoughts...

I brought some Halloween candy to share with the group on Friday that was left over from some goodie bags we made before we left for Charles´unit. There were only 7 Reeses cups among the bag, so I must confess that we ate them tonight. And by we, I mean 7 others who shall be named now...Mary Ann, Charles, Claire, Steph, Pam, and Joan. And they were delicious.

It is great to smile here. Everyone smiles back. It also makes me smile to see Charles waving to every single person he sees along the side of the road as we drive by in the bus. And Gary´s smile makes everyone happy.

I am having trouble swallowing. That is weird and is not making me happy. But I can´t complain. The last thing I wanted to do was cause more trouble than help by coming along, so I hope that´s not been the case.

There was a giant weird moth-type thing in our room today. Very cool. I will try to use Steph´s computer to upload photos later on. Until, I´ll leave you in suspense.

Thank you, Justin, for sending us Fake News today. It made my day, and Charles´too.

As one final caveat, several of us have been posting from said Nicaraguan computer, so we apologize for any glaring spelling errors.

Good night everyone! It´s just after 8 pm and bedtime is coming soon! (Yes, Lindsay, you read right, bedtime comes sometime between 9 and 10. Seriously.) In fact, the night owls that Mary Ann and I are, we are the only ones not in bed.