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It all started probably on Monday morning during devotion time. The birds were singing and flying/swooping in and out of the patio. During praise and worship Ms. Marilyn has her arm raised up and her finger out as a perch waiting for one of the brave birds to land on her finger.

It was so fun seeing her do this every time we were together. I kept hoping a bird would perch on her finger and reward her for her patience!

It never happened. But most of us, I think, wished it would have. It would have been so cool to see it!

One day when Scott and Lauren were out visiting local residents he made a friend. A bird friend. It was cool that Lauren got to take a picture of Scott with the bird perched on his finger.

It tickled me to see that picture.

I guess my point in telling this story is we had a great time, had many fun moments. This was one of them for Scott.

Our last day we had devotions in a different location. We met near the womens dorms in a cover pavilion. The birds seemed to follow us out there also! I was glad. It was nice hearing their sweet birdie songs every morning during devotional time. At one part of our time during devotions Marilyn needed to go get water. So our excellent team photographer said. "hey before she gets back lets get a picture of us all posing with our fingers in the air and then stay that way til she comes out". It was so fun seeing her smile on her face and hearing her laughter, she has a great laugh and beautiful smile.

I am thankful for the time we spent in Nicaragua. For the chance to work with those I had before in the past, Lauren, Dot, Scott, Lynn and Don. Then to meet three newbies to missions, Linda, Marilyn and Mark. It was an awesome time working together. Each person had a different function on our team and each person did a great job.

Group photo taken by Linda Catrell, remaining photos taken by Scott Bondy