Posted in Leon1 - 7/20/2016 by Maya Nozak
Hello everyone, this is Maya Nozaka! Today was a very relaxing day for our Glimpsers, as it was our Free Day. We started the day off with an 8:00 AM wakeup call, although most people were up well before then. We did a final money exchange before breakfast so that...
Posted in Esteli2 - 7/24/2016 by Daphnie
Daphnie Sainvilus ¡Hola amigos y familias en estados unidos! I’m having such enriching experiences in Nicaragua, AND my Spanish is getting better. Win! Today was August 2nd, Poverty Day, and I was El Lider del Dia. I choose to be Leader on Poverty Day because I...
Posted in Esteli1 - 7/21/2016 by Chantal Irmiter
Hello friends and family! Today was CAP Day 3, the day we finally finished our project. Our morning started off as usual: we woke up at 7 AM, then we ate breakfast. After, we were on our way to Santa Cruz to complete the CAP. On our way there, we picked up some...
Posted in Matagalpa1 - 7/19/2016 by Romi Oppenheim
My first day of sophomore English, my teacher came 10 minutes late to class. Confused, we all waited. We were nervous and excited to start the year. After what seemed like forever, he came in, slamming the door quickly behind him. “Why are you here?” he...
Posted in Leon2 - 7/23/2016 by Daniela Patino
Hey guys, it’s Daniela! Today was day 2 of CAP, so we had to work extra hard on our multiple projects in order for them to be completed by the end of day 3, and I’m super happy to say that we got so much accomplished! As El Lider Del Dia, it was my job to...
Posted in Jinotega - 7/21/2016 by Bernice Ou-Yang
Today we continued our CAP project. After we finished securing the last pieces of gypsum, we began to paint the walls white and blue. When lunchtime came along, we stopped and passed out our lunches (we bought some for the dads and our English tutoring students that...
Posted in Matagalpa2 - 7/24/2016 by Jayron Dunton
Today we woke up really early and following that we had breakfast. We ate jalapenos with eggs, rice & beans and a cheesy tortilla. Afterwards, we had to go and gather the materials for our Community Action Project (CAP) in two groups. We all decided on building...
