Well as I had mentioned before Paul and Jay spent the morning attempting to retrieve our soccer balls back from customs. We did get them back from customs all 175 of them BUT they charged us $360 total to bring them into the country. The reason they did this is because they thought we were bringing them into the country to sell and make a profit so they charged us basically a taxation. They valued each soccer ball at $5.88 and taxed each soccer ball 29%. As a ministry here in Nicaragua they shouldn't have done this but we can't control what the government does. But at the same time the team had just enough extra money to cover this cost, down to 13 cordobas (less than $1.00). God did take care of that need and gave us more than enough to cover the cost!
We spent the day in El Canon with Pastor Josue at the orphanage and in the community. We visited people in the community that previously attended church but no longer did and invited them back and caught up with the family. Pastor Josue was very excited to have us there and he took pictures of Mandi, Paul, and I with each family we visited.
We also visited with the children of the orphanage and local school and had a worship service this afternoon. Tonight we got to meet with the boys and girls of the orphanage and discuss what godly relationships look like and how it is important to wait and pursue the correct type of person.
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