Nicaragua day in the rain

Another beautiful day in Nicaragua! :) As we got into San Jose, it was rather cloudy, and about an hour into our work day, it started drizzling. It came down a little harder for awhile, but not like a downpour. I refused to put my dorky rain poncho on until my shirt was very wet and cold. I found it pointless to put it on when I was already wet, but it did keep me warm. My huge blue rain poncho gave much amusement to our team, who said I looked like an M&M and a smurf. Mitzi got a kick out of it and took a million pictures.
Paige, Mitzi, Stepanie, Lyle and I were in the rebar workshop when a little boy (about 5 years old) came in with a chocolate covered banana that was frozen. We told him that it looked good, just to make chitchat, and he came back a few minutes later with another! He handed it to Paige, who was unsure if she should eat it, since we were advised not to eat anything unpackaged. She ate it, and much to his excitement, enjoyed it! So he brought ANOTHER one, and handed it to me. We explained that I was allergic to bananas, so Mitzi ate it. This really made me look at the kids here in a different way. They don't have much, yet they give so much. I'm sure it's not every day they hand out 2 extra bananas. To us, they don't have much, but they have enough for them. And they are filled with such joy. They ALL have a beautiful, genuine smile on their faces when I look at them, and they always seem very cheerful. Even the parents offer a smile when I wave to them and do their work with such joy. This place is filled with God, I can see it. But do they know that?
After we did the Noah and the Ark story with the kids and made puppets and taught the dance, I handed out stickers (frogs and stars). I started putting them on their cheeks, but some wanted them on their foreheads, and then they all wanted them on the foreheads! And then on their chins! By the end, all 25 kids we were working with had 5 stars on their faces and 4 frogs stickers on their shirts. This did not come easy, I'm surprised I don't have tiny bruises from their little fingers poking me for more and more and more stickers. How precious :)
We almost have the house finished, which makes me very excited. If we get it done, then we can spend all of Thursday with the community. God has truly blessed us with this experience and these people, and I can't wait for another day :)