Holy Cows!

I apologize for not posting a picture with this entry... but thought I would share a funny story before I go to bed.

Today, we spent the day at Gran Pacifica, a resort community in Nicaragua that's currently under development. It was a "day at the beach", but was spent learning about the vacation home sales process, the land development and financial challenges facing anyone trying to build and sell property during these uncertain economic times.

Gran Pacifica has undergone a lot of hard work to ensure future residents have amenities not available in other parts of Nicaragua.... UG electricity, fiber optic cable/internet, and pressurized water systems. We were hosted by Adiak, a member of the Managua Tiscapa Rotary Club, and an employee of Gran Pacifica. He did a wonderful job of showing us the surrounding area, as well as the resort, vacation homes within, condos, and future golf course site.

When we were headed back to Managua this afternoon, I was telling the group how I emailed Kevin and told him my "cussing problem" had gotten itself under control and I was getting better about not cussing so much. The rest of the group was suprised, and said they had not noticed me using poor language a lot.

We were navigating a pretty rough road, and at one point, came close to hitting a cow that was standing on the shoulder of the road. I said, "Holy..... cow"!!!!! I was close to saying something else, but cow fit perfectly!

This is kind of a stupid thing to write about, but as we all cracked up, I realized how much we need those "silly" moments to get us through this. Nicaragua is a great country, filled with people willing to show us all kinds of things.

Jessica and I are having a great week with our host family... they're so nice and we're very comfortable here. More to come later...

Molly