(bottom row, from Left to Right: Roberto Jr. (son of Ruth), Joel (Ruth's husband), Ruth (daughter of Roberto), Nathaniel, Ever (son of Damaris)
top row, L to R: Candida, Roberto, Macdonald, Damaris (daughter of Roberto), Jacqueline (niece of Roberto), Zachariah, Steve and Colleen)
We enjoyed a fun New Year's Eve. First we went to a church service from 6-8 (which means it didn't actually start until almost 7, and went until 9:30), where we had communion. I didn't partake of the wine as I wasn't too sure about drinking wine due to the pregnancy. Then we went over to Roberto's house and celebrated with his family by stuffing ourselves with Navideño relleno (a delicious mixture of shredded chicken, pork, mustard, ketchup, raisins, worcestershire sauce and bread cubes), rice and beet salad.
(Candida mixing up the pot of relleno below)
All of us stuffing our faces with the food....yum!
The kids had a good time with the hand sparklers and playing together. At midnight, the neighborhood and most of the Matagalpa sky exploded with all sorts of fireworks.
They have an interesting tradition here...many people fill up a large paper bag, in the shape of a person, with all kinds of fireworks and at midnight, light him up and run away. The streets were littered with pieces of fireworks and bags. We finally drove home around 1:30 and crawled into bed with full stomachs and lightened hearts from fun and lively conversation.
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