Recent posts from: Matagalpa1 – 7/23/2015


Living on a $1 a Day \(^_^)/


**Leader Note: I’m sorry we weren’t able to post the blog last night!  The internet is not always very reliable here.  The photos are still not uploading, but I wanted to post this just so you know we’re all still alive!  Hopefully we’ll get...

History/Politics


Hey! My name is Thomas Martinez and I was the leader for day 3 of our trip. I really wanted to get to be the first leader so I woke up an hour early in order to get the first sign up. My experience  was insanely awesome. Today we got to listen to 2 people speak on...

Culture Day and Happy Birthday Jackson!


Hey everyone!  I was lucky enough to be the leader of the day today on our Culture Day!  Today was also Jackson’s birthday!!! Today was jam packed with awesome activities!  We started the day with a delicious breakfast of pancakes with bananas and watermelon....

First Impressions and City Tour


You know that phrase, “Time flies when you’re having fun?”  Well that was definitely true today.  Especially when you compare it to a previous day of plane rides, lay over, and bus rides.  Well, we have arrived and the pace is already different. We...

Safe Arrival + Excited Glimpsers!


Hello from the beautiful city of Matagalpa!  We had a whirlwind of traveling today but we’ve all made it safely.  After saying our goodbyes at the airport, we all made it on our flights easily!  Those of us traveling together from SFO had a quick and easy...

what’s up from San Francisco


This is a bit late, sorry but HELLO!! My name is Teddy Wong and I’m currently 17 years old. I’m super excited for this trip and meet some of you guys tonight at the airport. I will be a Senior at Galileo High School. I love traveling and learn different...

HELLO FROM BOSTON😊


Hi😊, my name is Johnice Fernandes! I’m 17 years old and I go to Edward M. Kennedy Health Careers Academy in Boston, Massachusetts. I play basketball for my school, we are known as the amazing Lady Huskies we were 21 and 1!! But really bad news we lost...