Not So Thrifty Thrift Store

I forgot to mention that last Wednesday I went to Managua with Cesar to purchase some play clothes. (Like basketball shorts and shirts). He was going to the Ave Maria campus in Managua for a presentation and was going to drop me off at the mall. We were a little late so we went straight to the campus. I'm glad we did, because the professor that wanted Cesar to present asked me to as well, because it is an English class and the students were practicing giving presentations. So, all I knew to share about in such short notice was K-Wet. I showed two videos from YouTube, which they enjoyed, and shared all about working at camp. Of course I enjoy talking about K-Wet, but the really cool part was that I told them about the nightly tiki talks we give to the campers. How we tell the guys what it really means to be a man; not one of the world but of God. And something similar to the girls about finding their beauty and self-worth in Christ and not things of this world or guys. It was neat to see the expressions of the faces of the students in the class. I could tell they were very interested. It made me really excited about starting some sort of bible study or event in the evenings at Ave Maria in San Marcos.

The short story about the thrift store is that afterwards Cesar took me to a Nicaraguan "Thrift Store." Since it was in Nicaragua and everything else is cheaper here, I expected the clothes to cost next to nothing. I was greatly disappointed. The cheapest shirts were $4 and shorts $7. Maybe I'm a little too thrifty myself though.

A while back I went to visit the land that Cesar had told me was donated for the purpose of some sort of Christian ministry or camp. We walked all over the property for about 2 hours. The land is very beautiful and has a lot of potential, but also needs a lot of work and even more prayer. One interesting part of the land is that there are some old Native-American drawings. I have no idea what indigenous group it could be. But if you look at the photos, it reminds me of an Indiana Jones movie. Maybe there is some ancient treasure hidden deep inside the mountain. If only I could decipher the drawings...