Right now, I don't even know where to begin. Things have been soooo insane this week I don't even know how Nate and I are still standing and moving. To start things off Wednesday, February 4th our friend Oscar lost his small store known as Tina Mata in Los Zorros. Although this store was small it was one store which was growing within the communities. They were expanding with Nate's help to include a small menu in both spanish and english. Nate and I, along with his guests played firefighters for approximately 3 hours before the actual firefighters showed up. The entire building was lost in a matter of minutes, but we were at least able to control the fire enough to keep it from spreading.
Most recently, Nate and I have been exhausting our energy attempting to find resources to help a group of five fishermen who have now been lost at sea for 6 days. We are at our wits end. Due to high winds here in Nicaragua the Guardia will not release any boats nor helicopters to help. We've even tried Costa Rica and the US both to no avail. Together we've spent a total of $500 on gasoline for several boats to go out and search however, the guardia has asked that no more boats go out as the seas are too bad. This makes sense, but is very very frustrating. We need the US Coast Guard here, with their big machines. However, according to Lieutenant Martin in Alemeda, California there is no US help within 500 miles and they therefore are unable to help. I know this is protocol but it is soooo hard to deal with.
Nate and I are soooo exhausted, yet we don't know when these ordeals will ever stop. Everyone keep us in mind and if you have any connections please let us know! My cell is 011 505 473 9011 and the number to the hostel is 011 505 879 1795.
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