Deconstructing Poverty Day

  There’s nothing you haven’t heard about the people who live in poverty but to see with your eyes is an experience unlike any other. To have the courage and compassion to put yourself in a position where you can interact and try to get to know those who are less...

Day 8 – Living Like a Local

Hola from the boonest city in Nicaragua! To start off our day of living like a local, we woke up at 6 A.M with a simple breakfast of just gallo pinto, a bread roll, and water. After breakfast, we took a bus ride to a poor, small local community nearby Matagalpa. We...

Fun Day! at the lake

Hola from Matagalpa! It’s Day 7 and we just made it to the half-way point of the trip. To celebrate, we had a day full of fun. We woke up at 6 AM and had pastries, fruit and another delicious fruit juice. Today’s breakfast juice was papaya, which was amazing!! After...

Free Day!

Day 6 Free Day! Hi everyone, Today was our first free day with nothing predetermined. Some of us got up early and went on a two mile run around the city at seven, with one of the GGL. The rest of us slept in and got lots of rest after yesterday’s hard work. At 845 we...

Day 5: Working Like a Local

Hola Parentals,             Today was Working Like a Local day, and we got to help a local farm with their daily duties. We woke up at 4:30am and made our way to La Canavalia, which was about an hour drive from our hostel. Most of the bus was asleep as we made our way...