Another $775 came in the mail today, and the wonderful, First Presbyterian Church is going to send money for the lunch program. I suspected that the first 1/2 of the money would be the easiest to raise. Now, for the rest. I would hate to have to pull out the "poor me" card by publishing the picture of the guy in the salt mine and saying it was me. Actually, I think I will post that on Facebook soon, just for fun.
Posoltega is about five miles from the nearest large city, Chinandega. Posoltega is about five blocks square. That is just about 1/4 mile square. One summer day we saw a guy pushing an ice cream cart up and down the streets trying to sell ice cream. We, of course, bought some. Later that day, five miles away in the city, we again saw the same guy. I asked him how he got from Posoltega to the Chinandega. "I walked". As I figure it, he walked 10 miles for the round trip as well as up and down the streets of Posoltega on a hot, summer day. No, the people in Nicaragua are not lazy.
During my first trip to Posoltega it was summer and HOT. I was with a group from the First Presbyterian church. Day after day we toiled on various projects. Nights were sweltering.. Then, on one of our last days in town......we discovered........"La CASONA"
They sold COLD beer. I returned to Posoltega 8 more times over the years. Not being one to hit a bar every night, I made an exception whenever I was there. Their fried chicken was "to die for".
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