Mother's Day Event

This Saturday we took

the mothers of the youth in the youth group to the beach at Pochomil for Mother's Day, which is a very important holiday here and is celebrated on May 30th. As you can see from the pictures, the moms really had a chance to let loose and just enjoy themselves, without kids around or any obligations. We began celebrating as soon as we arrived at around 10.30am, when the first case of Toña beer was brought out, and continued until 6.30pm. Doña Esperanza, who appears in 2 of the pictures dancing, definitely wins the prize for being the most festive. In the bus on the way to the beach, she had everyone in stitches telling jokes. She was either dancing or swimming the entire time. We drank, ate arroz a la valenciana (an enormous pot full of it that could've fed 100 people), danced barefoot in the sand and swam. It was windy and cloudy, so the waves were huge, but the water was warm and shallow. The women laughed and cried, remembering children and other loved ones who had passed away. But as Gustavo said, this is the way that Nicaraguans celebrate... mixing happiness with sadness.