Recent posts from: Trip Blogs 2015


Skool and Stuff


Hey everybody (which basically means relatives and extremely devoted friends or more than friends 😉 ). I am currently seated in our common area listening to Jeonna and Humberto argue about what is in the mojitos we are drinking (I promise there is no alcoholic liquid...

Another Day to Explore Nicaragua


 Monday, August 10th. Another day to explore Nicaragua in groups during our free time. Today the glimpsers and I had the opportunity to go around Nicaragua and have fun, while some of the group went to calle de la Calzada others went to central park, the video game...

Immigration Day! (day 15)


Today was immigration day and we learned about the border situation between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. We woke up at 6:30, ate breakfast, and took a one-hour ride on the gua-gua (bus) to the border. We were accompanied by RFJS, a bi-national organization which...

Working Like a Local


Hi my name is Andrea, it is a dreadful day when you have to wake up early… especially when you are the leader and it’s at 5:30. On top of the early rise, Sundays are always hard for our delegation because we don’t see our wonderful cook, Licelot. Our...

Free Day!


Hi, I’m Eryka, and today I was the leader of the day. Wake up call was late this morning, 8:30 am, but over half of the group was awake by then. Last night, we all decided I should wake everyone up by singing Opera, and so I did :). I walked through the hall singing...

Poverty


To sum up the day in one word, it would be improvising. Today was a hectic day full of schedule changes and complications, but we as a group did an amazing job at working around everything and making today an amazing day, just as we always do. Today was poverty day...

CAP Day 2!


Hola my name is Irma Chavez I’m from Hayward, CA and I was the leader of the day for our second Community Action Project day. I knocked on everyone’s door at 6:15 a.m. and knocked again at 6:30 a.m. to make sure everyone was up. We had breakfast at 7 where...