first two weeks: The Ministry

and.... for part 3 of the "first two weeks" series is: The Ministry

Service here is amazing.  Most people are more than willing to listen and to talk and learn about spiritual things.  So, the appreciation for the preaching work is an instant standout.  Also, people are pretty much always home, so definitely room for a lot of productivity each day.  Not knowing how to speak Spanish well is a challenge, especially with more in-depth conversations.  But the ministry is vital for speaking and practicing the language, so it helps everyone out.


The way we work the territory is neat.  The city of Esteli is based on squares of buildings, called cuadras, or manzanas.  We work one of these squares at a time and go around each side, one group will go one way and the other go the opposite way until we meet up on the other side of the square.  Funny story... I was wondering why they were saying manzana all the time, because I was looking around, and there weren't any apples (manzana is apple).  But in nicaragua, they call these squares, manzanas.  So that's that.

 This is actually an overhead view of Central Esteli.  The park is directly in the middle.  And you can see how everything is divided up into the squares that I was talking about.  So, you get an idea.

Here's some other various pics:

Here's what a typical street looks like.  This is more in the outskirts of town... Central Esteli has a bit less dirt road...

In this pic, I was trying to take a photo of another street we were working out in the ministry, but my buddy Asahel Vaquedano made his way in there.  He's the son of the local elder in our hall, he's a cool kid.

This was out in the ministry the other day.  This is me, Asahel, and a visiting brother named Kyle from Wisconsin. 

I took a quick pic while out in the ministry to show everyone.  That's Hermano Vaquedano and one of the Wisconsin brothers at the door there.  And right in front of me is a sister heading to a door.

Lastly, here is an exciting pic of Bigote(mustache) Jordan.  We went on a couple of return visits and then it started pouring so we chilled out for a bit.  Jordan doesn't like to be in the pictures, I do it anyway.

That's it right now... not sure what else to talk about ... hope this was informative...... enjoy

-jason