After visiting with Heysi, Dr. Karla dropped Ryan, Debbie, and I off at my host family house were we spent the evening. Gabriel ran to greet Ryan as he too had been counting down the days, hours, and minutes until his arrival. Ryan and Gabriel and I played. Debbie relaxed. It was nice to sit on the porch have some water, rest, and process the day a little. Nana, the grandmother figure/nanny at my host family house, and I made tortilla soup for dinner. When my host mom came home we all ate dinner together..the frogs and birds singing and all of us chatting around the table. Soon after the hotel taxi came and picked us up.
When we arrived at the hotel, we asked for an extra bed for their hotel room for me to sleep on and they said no problem another bed would be on the way. In the States another bed for a hotel room is a roll away bed or a little cot. Well, here in Nicaragua, it means a whole extra full sized bed…dust ruffle and all. Two women from the hotel came in moved the furniture and set the whole thing up. It had been a big first day with Dayana, the school, Heysi, cultural differences, heat, poverty, and lots all at once for Ryan and Debbie….the night’s sleep was welcomed and thoroughly enjoyed!
Love,
Ayla Landry "
"Culture is a framework in which we communicate" ~Stephen Roberts
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