Hello family and friends back home! Today was a very interesting and intensely immersing experience. After waking up at a beautiful 4:30 am, we woke everyone up in preparation for the big day. Today would be the day where we’d out into the village of the impoverished community and spend the day with what would be our “host family.” What this ultimately entailed was the glimpsers separating into groups of two and being assigned a family where the glimpsers’ goal was to communicate as best as they could and help do the house/yard work for that day. This experience was amazing! Although we did not have the same house initially, our host families were closely related, making it easy for us to talk and communicate with each other throughout the day. Along with two other glimpsers, Matthew and Lindsay, we played with the young children of the two families—we engaged in an ‘intense’ game of soccer and we taught the two young boys, Eduardo and Robert, how to play “Monkey In the Middle.” We then went on to have lunch with our families, having brought multiple generous plates of Chinese Fried Rice cooked by Dona Francis at our hostel. Our families were amazing, generous, and incredibly nice. They taught us a lot of ways to be self- sufficient and they made it easy to get in where we fit in; they treated us as if we were really their family—although the children started off being really shy, by the end of the day they were very open and friendly with us. Eduardo from our family chased us around the woods with his fake gun trying to play cowboys and Indians. His laughter was so contagious; it was brought up in one of our conversations that laughter is universal as well as many other emotions. Almost everyone’s thorn of the day (the bad part of our day) was leaving our families. That was an priceless experience everyone should have the chance of doing. When we got back to the hostel we got to prepare for our first English class which was an experience in itself. A lot of the people were very enthusiastic while learning but there were many “class clowns” in every class. My favorite quote from one of the students was “I can speak English I just want to be better for me and my children.” Many of the students felt as if it were necessary to speak English which made the classes run smoothly. Well in the words of Porky the Pig “That’s all folks”…. More to come tomorrow 🙂
Catherine with her host brother
Pinata celebration
Styling & Sweeping a dirt walkway
Team & Family unidos
Laughter is definitely a universal language and it is highly contagious. I’m sure my goofy girl Ayanna and her silly side kick Kalliyah were all the rave with the families that hosted them. Keep up the good interactions ladies. You are being transformed and you are changing lives. I love you so much. Can’t wait to hear more.
Hello Global Glimpsers,
It is obvious you guys are having amazing experiences and thoroughly enjoying your trip! We look forward to your posts each day and live through them vicariously as we go about business back home. Can’t wait to see what adventures you’re up to tomorrow.
Shelby- we are SO glad you took it upon yourself to find this organization and make this happen for yourself!! That’s our girl!
Happy travels to you all, David, Caroline and Alex Aszklar
Dear Glimpsers,
Thanks for excellent update. With six days spent already, we can’t wait to get a call from our individual Glimpser. Parents are waiting to hear live all about the excitement and fun. When can we expect a call or email communication.
Thanks,
Madhu and Dinesh
Great blog, sounds like a very enriching experience. Cath love the photo of you. We all miss you. The Falzon family
Hallo everyone,
It’s very interesting to read the blogs everyday and see you are having fun and learning a whole lot about Nicaragua and also getting to know each other. We hope to get a call from you guys sometime soon and see more clearer group or individual photos on the blogs.
Alex Muleta
Helloooo Glimpsers! Very enriching and exciting experiences! love all the daily updates with blogs fotos etc. Looking forward for more to come.
**We miss you dearly Roy Mitchell Tongilava! miss your beautiful smile and laughter. embrace each moment on this trip as this is an adventure filled with memories you will cherish for the rest of your life! anxiously awaiting to hear your voice. We love and miss you tons. mother dearest Lena and rest of family
Hey Kalliyah how are you honey? I hope you and the group are having a ball!☺️
Hi Khayla !
Oh my goodness ! I’ve enjoyed reading all the blogs. It’s clear that your time in Nicaragua is well spent.
Continue to learn all you can. And while I can’t wait to see you, please savor the time there, this is truly a life changing experience.
Your Nanna