Hey every one it’s your fellow glimpsers Miguel and Oscar, a.k.a. your two Liders del Dia, yes TWO leaders of the day! We are the first pair in our delegation, to be the Liders del Dia, which means that there are some more challenges that we have to face if you compare it to one Lider del Dia, such as having to communicate with each other in order for both the liders to be on the same page and balance the leadership role. We started off our day with a bright and early 6:00AM wake up call however some students woke up even earlier because if the intense heat and/or some digestive problems, but we eventually dropped off our laundry at the express laundromat (FINALLY CLEAN CLOTHES!), but we still have to wait to pick it up tomorrow. Tragic. But then we had a chance to experience another aspect of Nicaraguan culture by riding on the very crowded and hot public bus. Bumping into people left and right and feeling like a roller coaster from riding on all the uneven roads with potholes. And that was just scratching the surface of what our day was like:
Here on the right you can see the group walking to the laundromat and dragging their big and heavy bag of dirty and smelly clothing and trying as much to avoid the hectic traffic on the street of Leon. On the left, is the inside of the laundromat with all of its disarranged and disorganized tags that cover the entire walls of the laundromat.
Leon’s public bus was a new and interesting culture experience for all of the students in this delegation because of the intense traffic in which the bus sways side to side and literally pushing itself in the city’s traffic. Our next destination… meeting with high school students from Leon, Nicaragua.
In this image here, you see Glimpsers and Nicaraguan high school students in the ACCESS program socializing and discussing academic statistics of both Nicaragua and the U.S.. It was a fun experience getting to know the ACCESS students in order to know about the differences of getting an education in both countries and the challenges that come with it.
After another crazy bus ride to the hostel, we walked to a restaurant to not only eat a unique vegetarian pizza with the dough acting as bread for a sandwich and the inside being sauce, cheese, onions, and tomatoes, MMH! Now we are heading for tutoring.
Here you can see the successful first day of English Tutoring, where there are a variety of ages that came to learn English and get to know their new group that will be teaching them English for 8 days (but now 7). However, there we some challenges for each group such as not being fully prepared but something that we will improve on. Also it was a joy getting to teach English because of the inquisitive minds of the local here in Leon. Another surprise was seeing some familiar faces such as Flor from El Solar and if you remember, she was one of the instructors that taught our delegation how to dance to salsa, walk on stills and get us out of our comfort zone.
Margaret !!! ( Baby girl) Happy 4th of July!! Or is this too late ? I miss you so much!! I didn’t want you to hang up the phone yesterday so sorry for people waiting it was me. Lol. I wonder how the reader is going to say that. I see you were a teacher today how was that? Did you feel like Ms.B, well tutor but teacher is a better sounding title than tutor. I recorded the fireworks !! I went to place where they were lunching them I think it’s called Santa Clara central park ?! With hunter so it was boring but I was super close to the fireworks l!! How was the cake ? It looks good !! Tomorrow I have work. Yay. Same place so not so yay. But it’s work ! Hopefully this comment works I’m doing it on my phone if not computer it is! Oh and im so sorry if this comment is posted more then once because it never shows up so i never know if its up!! I Te amo mi princesesa !!!
Hey Impact crew! I hope you are surviving the heat and the bugs…it looks like you’re having a great time! Both of you need to get in some more pictures so we can see you! 🙂
Wow you all have accomplished so much already on your trip!
Haley, I can not wait to hear about all these great activities. I am especially curious about your conversations with the ACCESS students.
Hope you enjoyed the 4th of July cakes, they looked great. We went to the Danville 4th of July parade, missed seeing you on the Splash float. How are you surviving the heat there? You will probably think its cold when you get back home :).
Definitely missing you here – have fun!
Hi Haley, Happy post 4th of July. I love that you had a July 4th Cake. I bet I would not have done well on the bumpy bus ride. : ) I love that you are getting to tutor this week. I can’t believe you have been gone for one week already. Jake Esh came by and took Bailey for a walk. Ash and I went to Fairgrounds and the racetrack for the 4th. We went with the Brieds and Bocheneks. We ran into Banduccis (Mia too) and Carvachos’ there. I hope to see you blog soon. Your group writes some very clever witty things. I love it. Miss you, LOVE YOU –
Hi Haley! As always great to read the blogs. Thanks for the call this week…..great to hear your voice. I promise no rice and beans for at least a month once you get back home. :).
Your sister wants to drive all the time now that she has her permit. She’s doing great.
Look forward to the next blog update!! Have a great day tomorrow.
Love, Dad
Happy belated 4th of July. The cake looked delicious ;)) Alondra, we went to Scotts Valley (near Santa Cruz) with Julie, Yaretzi, Johanna,Naty. Mario took a petting zoo including miniture horses (Benzo was MIA) but he took goats, chickens and some miniature pigs. We had a good time but wished you were with us. You missed Yaretzi’s 10th month photo shoot. We could have us your help. Jo n Julie made fun of me because I got two jennas, because u would have loved to get one so I got one for you too..lol. We couldn’t really see much w the fog rolling in and the show only lasted 10 mins. Love you n can’t wait to here from u…♡♡♡ Mom, Dad, Adrian n Daisy.
Hey guys, I’m so excited for all the things you guys are doing. I also went to Leon last year and I had such an amazing experience, I would definitely go back in a heartbeat. Keep being the amazing students and leaders that you are because you are all doing something wonderful. I look forward to reading the rest of your blogs. Buenas Noches!