Loma Cova

So who would ever think that in Panama, I would be cold? I'm always cold in Wisconsin and Minnesota, but in Panama? I'm not surprised that many places in Panama have air conditioning because of the heat and also to keep out the constant humidity that does major damage. I am surprised however that the air conditioning is just as cold as it is in the United States. For most people, this may be good...but for me it's not. I think I spent the majority of Thursday with goosebumps. Today was a fun day. I was able to sit in on some of the music ministry being done here in Panama. I'm so impressed at how musical the people in the congregation are. Later on today I was able to go to the church in Loma Cova. I've never felt so comfortable in a church than I did at Loma Cova. The church is located in poor and somewhat traditional village...very different from where I am living in Panama. Many of the women were even dressed in traditional clothing. I absolutely loved the people...right away they were giving me hugs and kisses. I seriously think I met the coolest person alive tonight, Jazmin. This fifteen year old is full of spunk, I'll have to write more about her when I have more time. She's going to make me a purse and she asked me what colors I wanted it to be. I responded "chocolate y verde" (brown and green) She started laughing and told me that is a bad combination. I disagree...what do you think? One thing that I really appreciate about the church service is that everyone can be involved in playing an instrument, no matter how good they are. There was even one little five year old who brought is fake little red electric guitar so that he could sit with the rest of the group to play. It was so cute! On another note, thank you everyone for all of your support. I'm still in the process of sending out thank you cards. I had most of them done and was going to mail them out from the airport since I had an 8 hour layover to work on them...but when I got to the airport in Atlanta, I found out that as of August 25th you can no longer mail letters from the airport because of security reasons. I would think that since I had to go through security, letters mailed from an airport would be less risk. So anyways, your letters are coming. Keep sending me emails, updating me on your life. I miss you all!!!!