Bags packed and by the front door before going to bed last night: check. Alarm sounded at 3:45 AM, up, dressed, bed made, cooler loaded, final look around--check. Loaded the truck and off to church at 4:05 AM--check. Easy drive with little traffic until Stephen realized he left his backpack on the couch! U-turn and mad dash home (6 minutes), backpack loaded in truck and on the way to church again at 4:20 AM. Bus loaded and trip started at 5:10 AM--check! Expecting a 10 hour+ bus ride--check!
I don't ever remember being on a 10-hour+ bus ride (on a school bus), but if I was, it was 40 or more years ago. I have to say that the roads we were on made it feel like we were in a tin can rolling over a gravel road! It took about 4 hours to get to the El Salvador/Honduras border and boy was it hot--at least 90! As gringos, we had to unload and go into to the immigration office at each border--leave El Salvador, enter Honduras. There were numerous checkpoints after we passed into Honduras.
Another 4 hours and we were at the Honduras/Nicaragua border. Even hotter there . . . . and gringos out of the bus to leave Honduras and enter Nicaragua. This time we weren't the hold up, though. It took more than an hour for them to clear the bus and equipment so we could enter Nicaragua.
Finally, 14 1/2 hours after leaving Iglesia Bautista Vida Nueva in San Salvador, we arrived at the hotel in Managua, Nicaragua. Quick dinner at McDonalds and we're now relaxing in the room. Breakfast in the morning and then church at 9:00.
Stay tuned as we meet the team from California and Texas and begin the week of evangelism for Iglesia Bautista Vida Nueva, Managua.
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