Posted in Esteli - 07/21/2013 by Katlyn Lamar
Hi Everyone, Today was Sunday Fun Day. We woke up at 6:00 am and had to travel in a bus for three hours in order to get to our first destination the Masaya Volcano! The volcano was huge and filled with smoke so it was hard to see inside, meaning it was still active!...
Posted in Esteli - 07/21/2013 by Janise "Jay" Powell
Hello Glimpser Families, My name is Janise “Jay” Powell and I attend James Logan High School. Saturday was a day filled with joy, laughter and competition. We walked to a nearby high school, where we played futbol (soccer) against and with the other Esteli...
Posted in Esteli - 07/21/2013 by Stephen Mante
For working like a local day, we headed to La Granacha, a co-op community near Esteli! Today we learned how to milk cows, make tortillas, and grind coffee, and we also swam below the waterfall at Estanzuela. I thought milking cows would be easy and interesting...
Posted in Esteli - 07/21/2013 by Erin
Hey everyone! Just a reminder that, because of tech issues here, we are posting pictures to the google doc! Check them out every day here: https://drive.google.com/a/es-impact.org/?tab=mo#folders/0B7-LBOTXSFNdZ1g4NW1vdFE4d28 Enjoy!
Posted in Esteli - 07/21/2013 by Wei-Ching, Wang
Today, we went to a cigar factory to see the processes of making cigars. Before entering the factory, I was really excited because I had never seen the actual cigar manufacturing. In an attempt to be cognizant of how to make the cigars by utilizing tobaccos, I...
Posted in Esteli - 07/21/2013 by Makenna Bantillo
We had an early start today at 5:30AM because we spent the first half of the day with friendly families in a beautiful community, Lapita, Miraflor. Each student went with a partner to talk to, work with, and have lunch with a family living there. My partner Celeste...
Posted in Esteli - 07/21/2013 by Eleanor Amidei
We all love and miss you guys very much. We know you all love pictures so Erin will be putting more on the google doc tonight. Today, everybody was allowed to sleep in until 7:20, but we were all still completely exhausted from yesterday’s adventure. After...