Recent posts from: Matagalpa1 – 6/30/2015


CAP Day 3!


Sarah and Natalie here making our blog entry just about two weeks after arriving back here in America. Better late than never! This day was too special and unique to our trip, it cannot be skipped. We began our third and final CAP day with the sweet sound of hands...

Our Last Day


Well, this is it! We return home tomorrow! This morning we woke up, had a nice breakfast, and then got right to packing. After, we had a three hour group reflection which was emotional for many of us as we processed our experiences and relationships made along the...

An Unbe-LAVA-bly Fun Day


Greetings friends and family back home. Today was our delegation’s second fun day and as the title suggests, it was a day filled with explosive fun! After three hard days of working on our Community Action Project, today served as a nice chance for us to relax...

CAP Day 2


Hello everybody! It’s Jodie Stroeve and Eric Ong and we were the Leaders Del Dia (LDD) for the second day of our Community Action Project (CAP). The group had a great time working on our project today, and everyone is determined to make a difference in the...

CAP Day 1


Hola familias! Today was our first Cap day at the Hope Project, today we woke up very early at 6am to Esther’s lovely singing and Maria’s loud banging noises on the door, especially on the guys room. We had an omelet today for breakfast along with some...

Free Day Numero Dos


The second and final free day was a blast. We woke up later than the previous day, at 8:30. Everyone was just relaxing after the Work Like A Local day and eating another delicious breakfast in pajamas. After a calm and serene breakfast, groups of us went out to...

Sunday Fun Day!


Today was our first official fun day of the trip, not that all the other days haven’t been fun, but this was the first official one. The sun was shining and birds were singing, I knew it was going to be a good day. We all rolled out of bed at approximately 7:30...