2025 Panama

 Lord, thank you for the beauty of this day, and for building bridges this week. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of Your work in Panama. Amen. Today started off with a walk at 7:15.  We met some rather handsome birds. We also passed some monuments including this one. These four sculptures by Ricaurte Martínez show people of diverse backgrounds – black, white, Indian and peasant – working together to raise Panama’s flag. The Pillars of the Nation is a tribute to the contributions all Panamanians made towards building and shaping the country. The Pilares de la Patria monument was sponsored by BLADEX Bank and erected in 2003 along the Amador Causeway near the Biomuseo. We continued on past the Convention Center. We were having a wonderful walk until it started raining.  At least it wasn't cold and wet. Just wet. And the hotel was in sight. Back at the hotel, we enjoyed another delicious breakfast.  Then we climbed on the bus - all the luggage with eyeglasses was ...