Hello! This is Angela Du, reporting for DUty…get it…because it’s my last name…. (courtesy of Justene) for Day 9, which was our first official free day.
For the first time in nine days, students had the option of waking up at 8:30 (even though most students woke up at 6:00 anyway out of habit). Shortly after we had very filling breakfast following the previous “Living Like a Local Day” and proceeded to douse our pancakes with syrup.
Since many of us wanted to participate in dance class, Heyssel arranged with the local dancing instructor for a class at 10:00. While some decided to sign up for the class, others went out to use the internet cafe to call their friends and family. Meanwhile, since the dancing instructor had an emergency earlier, the students that signed up couldn’t dance, but we had a great time lifting weights and watching people lift weights instead. Afterwards, we stopped by the bakery next door and ate some dulce de leches, milk cakes, and empanadas (they were great by the way!!).
When we went back and finished eating lunch, we dedicated some time to planning our lessons for the day.
The glimpsers went out in groups of four or five and finally had hours to explore around town and buy more souvenirs for y’all. We went anywhere from the internet cafe to call you guys more, to peruse little shops around town, and to buy the ice cream that everyone seems to like around here (passionfruit ice-cream to be specific). During the day, it spontaneously sprinkled while being still being extremely humid, but I’m pretty sure we all enjoyed the refreshing shower.
We all promptly arrived back before 5 o clock to eat our dinners, and headed straight to teaching our kids. Children in Nicaragua don’t go to school on Fridays, and we learned that AFTER we saw that most of our students hadn’t come to our classes either. For a second I thought our lesson plans had scared them away!? But hopefully that’s not so.
Anyways, today was a pretty great day, especially since the students really got to explore all they wanted and spend all their money.
PS: I fell into the bushes while one of my students was dragging me around.
PPS: We miss you a lot Rega!!
PPPS: We read ALL the comments. Keep ’em comng!
Buenos noches,
Angela Du
Internet cafe? How come I didn’t receive a message?! LOL
Att: Shoper ?
I’m glad you had more time to rest. Everyone looks happy!!!
These blogs make me so happy! I am sure I am a little biased but your group just looks so particularly wonderful. The energy and cohesiveness you all have together literally radiates from these pictures. So glad you all had a free day and got to explore Esteli. Also love the messages for Rega and I’ll bet she does too. Zanna, Newman does not understand where you are. I miss you a lot and very much need to discuss the last episode of Orange Is the New Black with you 🙂 Love you!
Glad you all had fun. Sorry to hear that you guys weren’t able to take the dance class. They’re surely must be fun!! I love how all of you guys are so caring #regastrong !! Hope you all have fun ( I love to read other delegations blogs so expect more comments !!) ❤️❤️
Con cariño,
another Glimpser
Glad you all had a free day and were able to sleep in. The milk cake and empanadas at the bakery sound good. I’m sure you enjoyed shopping, too.
Hey Kayla … sorry I missed your call again. I will try to keep it with me at all times. The Giants are in 1st place by 1 game. Hunter Pence returns today but sorry to say they lost again last night. Love you, Mom & Dad
hi sweetheart , hope you had a great freeday I love you . Sasha says meow that’s hi.Jake says hi he loves you. my cold is so much worse it’s in my lungs and it hurts .lol I’ll live . well hot much going on here cause i’m sick . trying to get bettter before you come home . eight more days and counting love you sweetheart mom
Man I find myself missing you soooooooo much , counting down them days . wish i was there with you hope your wrist is feeling better . and hope your leg don’t get infected . take care of yourself here is a kiss for all of your booboos lol love you mom
Hello everyone Rega got home this morning 12;37 And she was very tired but the whole way home all she could is talk about all of you and how much fun you all were and that she misses you already. She hopes she can get together with you all when you return from the trip. You have left a lasting impression on her. Please more pictures I enjoy them and thank you for showing so much love for Rega. Your all great. Hilda Porter Mom
Hey guys !!! I’m alive but I love you guys and I hope you guys have so much fun and stay safe out there. Eat lots of plantains for me. Tell Coach I miss my sandals but I got some new ones so its all good. Love you guys!
– DIECESIETE
Great to read/see all yr adventures
Thank-you so much for sharing!
So glad to hear from you , loved your phone call . so happy when you call !!! Just miss you so much. wish you guys had phones with you. I’d be calling you all the time though so i guess it’s better that you don’t . lol miss you my love can’t wait to hug you’re in my dreams all the time now. well that’s all for now everyone says HI Sasha says Meow! love you Mom
hi Justene hope you having the time of your life . what an amazing experience for you. Love you see you when you get home and have a safe trip. love you aunt Loveta
Suzanna I got to talk to you!! Problem: now I miss you even more! We found an In n Out burger on the way home from SFO so we got you covered!! I am so jealous that you got to hang out with piglets and puppies 🙂 We continue to be crazy proud of you and I love that you are such a close-knit group, makes me very happy! Big thanks to Troy and Tony for watching over these kids!
Hi angela. My sweet heart. Daddy and mom miss you so much. Without you at home, we feel so bored. Hopefully you have wonderful time and we will see you soon