Posted in Esteli - 06/26/2013 by Kyra Halpenny & Kyana Fanene
So basically we partied really hard, danced on raised platforms and met some intersesting Nicaraguan boys!!! Just kidding, sort of . . . . Saturday Night: At the hostel, the girls got dolled up and the boys got snazzy and we left for the club at 9:00 PM. We tried one...
Posted in Esteli - 06/26/2013 by Michelle Wen and Vahini Patel
We started out the day with a bus ride to La Garnacha (bumpy as usual.) On the way there, we forced politely asked everyone to drink a suero to avoid dehydration. As we arrived, the locals were already busy at work on the garden. The garden group went straight to work...
Posted in Esteli - 06/26/2013 by Yoseph A. & Ricky T.
Today was a really long day. Today we went to La Garanacha and we were working on a service project for the community. The project we’re working on are the trash cans and the garden. The garden was our main project and the trash cans was a side project that...
Posted in Esteli - 06/26/2013 by Rebecca Fuentes
We woke up at 7:30 am and had brekafast at 8:30. We then traveld to La Casita and met up with Lauryn and Rodney, who both work for two non profit organizations in Nicaragua. We had a workshop with these speakers to go over the meaning of sustainability and critique...
Posted in Esteli - 06/26/2013 by Larissa Birthelmer
As night dawns on 21 tired indivduals and their dedicated leaders I, Larissa Birthelmer, the leader of this concluding day pulls the last energy she possesses to narate the day for their eager loved ones. Let us begin with wake up. As the sun rose over the ever...
Posted in Esteli - 06/26/2013 by Monica and Amani
Dear Loved Ones, Today was muy caliente (very hot) and a productive day for us. We had to buy all of the materials for our service project for La Garnacha. For this project we are growing a vegetable garden for the local school and providing trash cans for the...
Posted in Esteli - 06/26/2013 by jeimy and Emily
Today we woke up too early for words! We left for La Garnacha at 5:30am and milked goats and cows until 8!. Finally, we had breakfast which was delicious! We then went to work with coffee plants and learned how to garden grass. We left to go to Estanzuela and had an...
