Today was a day of worship and sightseeing. This was our first day of relaxation on the whole trip. We have been leaving by 6 or 7am every morning and getting back around 9pm every night, and covering mucho territory. We went to worship with Lutherans today! The Lutheran church in Nicaragua is a young church, about 15 years old. And it is mushrooming in size each year. The faith story of people is much different than the faith story of most of us. When we are asked why we are Lutherans, we usually say, ¨because I was born Lutheran or married a Lutheran.¨ All the Lutherans here are Lutheran by choice. They are Lutherans because Lutherans here are known for going to the poorest areas and tackling the toughest issues that other churches refuse to address. The Lutherans here are active politically on behalf of the poor and they have AIDS education programs. Worship this morning was amazing. I can´t even describe it, but I am definitely going to introduce our churches to some of what I experienced here. The sense of community in worship was awesome! Bishop Victoria Cortez was preaching this morning. She is the bishop of the entire Nicaraguan church and she is a fireball! And she has such vision. The youth group led the music at church and they are involved in so many projects in the life of the church. The youth are integral to the workings of this church. After lunch we went to see an active volcano. Sulfur was still pouring out of it. Then we went to a huge artesan market and I bought some lovely things. What a day!