So progress on the library so far has been encouraging. We have a for sure temporary location - a building called Rancho Fifo - at the El Transito Centro de los Artes. We have one NGO NICA (www.nicafund.org) promising to pay for a permanent building and one staff member. We have ETCA promising land and laptops for an internet component to the library. And today we travel 45 minutes to Nagarote to meet with the mayor to provide money for electricity, internet, and possibly contribute to the staffer's salary. This being an election year, we're hoping that saying he helped create a library will be good for his campaign.
The Mayor's name is Juan Gabrielle. He was first elected to office when he was 21. He is an engineer who lost after his first two terms in office, but when the Sandinista government rose back to power, so did he.
He's promised things before that he has gone back on (most importantly to us, a building for our library).
On a brighter note, Nagarote is the birthplace of the Quesillo (see the Nicaraguan part of the article - obviously). A delicious Nicaraguan response to the burrito. I'm hoping to have one today even if the mayor tells us to bugger off.
I'm praying that God will soften the Mayor's heart & that he will keep his word!
ReplyDeleteThe wiki article said that one can wrap the quesillo in a plastic bag & squeeze it out of a small corner. Is that what you do? Or more of a delicious runny corn tortilla sprawled out on a plate dish?
God bless yall! -Kaleb