Andrew & Jenny’s Weblog

Our last few months in Jinotega were memorable. I´m sure if we´d known we would be leaving so soon we would have tried to spend even more time with the friends there. Jinotega Norte will always be special to us not only because of how loving the congregation is but also because it´s the first place we served as a couple.

A few months ago the Galeanos put together a great dress up and eat pizza party for the kids in the hall. Here you see Andrew and Isidro (a deaf brother from Managua) getting to the pizzas before the kids.

I got to dress up in my Traje Tipico…

And Andrew got to show the kids what it would have looked like if King David had played American football;)

Jesus and Patricia Caro did a little play for the kids. There were other skits that were really funny but my camera battery didn´t last.

We went on some fun rurals.

This lady lives about an hour from Jinotega. She´s deaf but hasn´t had any contact with the deaf community. I tried to use illustrations so that she could describe what she was seeing with home signs. Unfortunately she lives too far out for the sign group to visit her on a regular basis. It still amazes me that there are people without a fully developed language. I´m intrigued by how their thought process works.

Back to Jinotega life..

Want to get rid of pesky bugs and mosquitos? ….

Nothing better than a Nicaraguan exterminator.

These guys are sent in by health services several times a year to keep the mosquito population down by giving every house a healthy dose of carbon dioxide. Dangerous you say…well they usually give you a 30 minute warning before they get to your house and highly suggest you grab any creatures you´d rather keep alive i.e parrots, dogs etc. and wait on the street until the toxic gas has done it´s work. They recommend 20 minutes or so.

If you have any other problems, an incurable disease, failed business, family feuds, vices or anything else that may bother you, take advantage of this Help Center that will anoint you with Holy Oil from Israel absolutely free. Amazingly this place is full several nights a week. I´m not sure how many people the annointing oil has actually helped but it sure is popular.

Last but not least we´ll miss seeing this sweet lady who likes to sit on Jinotegas main street.