One great day

Two days ago we met a little boy in a touristy market when we were sitting at a table relaxing. This little boy named Manuel came up to us, missing his four front teeth gave us one of the best smiles we have ever seen. He asked if we wanted to buy a flower that he made (which I think David will have a picture of on his blog) we said no thankyou because litterally ever person that saw us tried to sell us something because we are white, so he walked off. But David had a great idea and asked Manuel if he would like something to eat and sit and chill with us and of course like any 5 year old boy who makes a living of maybe 1 cordoba a day (which equals to five cents) he ssaid yes. He said he likes chicken so we got him a chicken sandwhich and after the twenty minutes it took him to eat this tiny sandwhich, becasue of his lack of teeth and the fact that he is five, David asked if we could meet his family. He said yes and brought us to his mother. His family consisted of his mother older brother and sister. His older brother was in a wheel chair with down sindrome or some other socially paralyzing desease, his sister was deph, and his mother whose husband left her for another woman in Costa Rica, was selling cds and movies on the street to try to support her three children.
We went up to her and introduced ourselves and talked with her for a bit and she was the most amazingly nice woman. David then had another great idea and asked if we could take her and her family out to dinner the next night. She ontop of her extremely friendly nature humbily accepted eventhough it must be embarassing for her to have two 21 year old kids pay for her families dinner.
The next day we picked them up and told them we would go where ever they wanted and after gaining two more little boys to our group we set off for this place unknown to us that the children always rave about but have never been. After a very long walk and fun convresation with the little boys and girl, we arrived at our destination... Tip Top it was called and it was the equvalent to a KFC here. We though this was really funny to our selves but we realized why she chose to take us there. It was becasue her kids have always wanted to go there and we could tell by their excited yellng ¨tip top pollo¨in Nicaraguan children accents. This woman is amazing and chose a place where her kids wanted to go instead of some place she wanted to go. We order our food and as we are waiting all the kids, Manuel 5, Mercedes 10, Bryan 11, and possibly Tony who was 11, played in the play place equivalent to McDonalds. They had a great time then when the food came they rushed out of the play place and each got a couple peices of fried chicken, a roll, french fries, and a small drink. They savored their incredibly greesy chicken and drink then went and played again as the mom stayed with her son in the wheel chair and fed him slowly without eating herself, and then when her daughter lost her drink she bought her a new one without our knowledge, for a dollar. A dollar here for her was probably two days work and she bought her daughter a small soda to give her simply happiness for a short whil.e She must have been so hungry but thought of her children first. An Amazing woman.
After only twenty dollars later to feed seven people at one of the more expensive places to eat, we were off to meet the woman´s, whose name is Alejandra, (i forgot to write that) mother and other family. After another long walk and loss of about a gallon of water because of sweat we get to her mothers house and sit on their front porch and talk for a bit then she and her three kids walk us home because it it supposedly a dangerous neighborhood for white people at night. She proceeded to push her son in this wheel chair with the other two kids swinging on us all the way back to the hotel where we have been staying so that we would not get hurt or mugged or robbed. Today we were supposed to go to the school for the disabled here with her and her son but during the night both her son who is disabled and her daughter who was deph got sick and had to go to the hostpital. So today after waiting for a little while she shows up sad and says sorry that she was late and tells us all that and David prays for her and she went off to the market to get the medicine. She is an amazing woman and a testimony of the strength Christ gives to the people with the most horrible circumstances. Pray that she stays strong and that she can continually find joy in Christ´s love for her and her family.
In the picture Manuel is to the left his mother is in the middle and the disabled boy is on the right.