Recent posts from: Trip Blogs 2017


Reflection Day – Last Full Day


*This post is a day delayed due to internet connectivity issues. Hey everyone! My name is Patrick Andrei San Jose Romero, and I am an upcoming senior at John Swett High School. As leader of the day, I had to wake up earlier than everyone else (which was easy because...

Work like a Local Day


Hello, this is Yerielis Rivera and Rainbow Elliston, the GG Leaders of the day (lideres del dia), reporting to you from the Hostal del Rey about our day entitled, “Working as a Local”. Yesterday, we were told to think about the question, “How hard do you think their...

Fun Day 2!


Hi everyone! Today’s LDD was me, Brianna. If I had to describe it in two words, it’d be productive and fun. We started off with breakfast as usual and then headed to Casa Materna (C.M.) to get a head start on our CAP project. This was not planned and if...

FUN DAY


As you have read, our days here in Nicaragua have been tough. Today was a little different. It was FUN DAY.  Our wake up call was at 7:30 am. So much better than yesterdays 5:00 am call. After our delicious breakfast our fun day truly began. We rode a bus to a dock...

We Finished CAP


Today was such an amazing day from the beginning to end. Today was our last day for our CAP project and we and the community did such a great job finishing the projects. At the end of the day we had completed more projects then expected which is great because the kids...

Working and Living Like a Local


Today August 4th, 2017, our delegation worked and lived like locals. At 5:30 AM, we woke up, got dressed, and took a one-hour bus ride to Guamote where we visited the Ayol family. Upon arrival, we immediately were served breakfast. We were given fresh hard boiled...

ADVENTURE DAY!!!


Hola a todos (Hello everyone) Today was finally our adventure day where we got to have fun as a whole group or should we say family. This morning for breakfast we had sausage and yucca with strawberry juice. After breakfast we loaded everyone onto the bus and headed...