Recent posts from: Matagalpa – 07/22/2013


Free Day


So we were able to sleep in until 8:00 am today due to it being a free day!!! Every one of us really enjoyed our free day, the whole day ranged from going to play basketball, walking around the town shopping, and going up to an amazing view. Today was a free day here...

Two Different Worlds United


“Please see the poverty we live in and learn from this experience. If you know people with shoes tell them to donate them because there are several hard workers here who need them”. Those were the words of an woman named Laura as she sobbed through telling...

First Student Leader


Today was the first day that we had a Student Leader of the Day! I was pretty nervous, but we had a big day planned so we were all really excited. Time to wake up! 6:30 isn’t bad, everyone felt rested and ready for a big exciting day. After breakfast we had a...

Shadow a HS Student


Hey All, Everyone is having an amazing time. Internet was down at the hostel for over a day. We’ve been really busy and we’ll be sure to tell you more about what we’ve been up to tomorrow. Right now everyone needs sleep for our big day tomorrow. Mean...

History Day


Our first full day in Nicaragua! Waking up at 6:30 wasn’t fun, but we all felt pretty rested even though we had been up for more than thirty hours the night before. After breakfast we sat together as a group and did our culture, safety, and history seminars. We...

Arrival Day- We finally made it


Yeah, we are in Nicaragua, we made it, a bit tired, our in country coodinators Asha and Norman picked us up at the airport,then we went to have a nice Nica lunch, then we headed out to Matagalpa, we arrived around 5:30 pm, local time, we are one hour ahead of SF, then...