Hey everyone! It’s your El Lider Del Dia, Sarry and Kimberly here to tell you about another day of waking up at 6 am. But this time we included music during the wake up call to get everyone pumped up for working like a local with the locals at the Santos Bárcenas market! Fun fact, it is the second largest market in León, Nicaragua! We enjoyed our breakfast at el comidor which included gallo pinto, hard-boiled eggs, Nicaraguan sausages and freshly made tortillas.
![Order from left to right: Haley, the booth owners and their family and Marcelo](https://globalglimpse.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/IMG_20160708_093534-300x171.jpg)
Order from left to right: Haley, the booth owners, their family, and Marcelo.
He was instructed by the vendors to use a traditional Nicaraguan selling technique that included calling the woman customers “Amor” and “Bonita.”
The vendors informed us that their jobs were often competitive because of how close their booths were to each other and the fact that a lot of them sold the same items. The vendors that included food, candy and items for cheaper had the upper hand when it came to obtaining the most sales.
Similar to Living Like a Local, we passed out lunch and drinks to our vendor families. Together we enjoyed the meals and engaged in intriguing conversations about our homes in the United States.
After coming back to the market, our finance manager, Tamika, and our administrative manager, Anthony, prepared a presentation for the vice principal of Centro de Educación Especial, Blanca Rosa. Each committee prepared a visual including questions such as what materials we would need and the timeline of the project for Blanca. The leaders of each committee went up with their posters while Anthony translated everything said to Blanca. It all turned out great as many questions were answered while both laughs and serious moments were shared.
It was surely another proud moment that we as a group shared after our presentations were over
After our presentation we continued our evening by going to dinner and English tutoring afterwards from 6-8 pm. We then made our way back to the hostel where we had our usual nightly meeting debriefing the day. While ending our meeting with Big Love Shout Outs, Nancy, our GG Leader, even spoke out about our presentation to Ms. Blanca saying, “I felt like a proud mom!” This brought us all joy and a sense of accomplishment. Even after the nightly meeting came to a end, plenty of people still had energy after our hard working day! A few individuals went outside to the balcony with both of our in-country coordinators, Noel and Nancy, who taught them a Salsa lesson. There were moments where we exchanged moves that are done in the United States (whipping and dabbing lol). Even the little things such as teaching each other dance moves brings us closer together in our last week on this life-changing trip!
In all we both think it was pleasure being the leaders of the day during our last reality challenge of the trip. It definitely gave us an idea of what kind of leadership skills we already possess but also new skills that we didn’t know we had. It was no doubt a learning experience that not just ourselves but the remainder of the group will appreciate and execute in the future. Big love from Sarry and Kim here in Leon, it was a pleasure!
Mi Anth!! You look so flaco mijo!!! Miss u lots!! Congrats on being the adm. Mng… lots of XOXO!! And congrats all for doing such a great job !!
Great job Kimberly and Sarry for such a detailed post. Reading what you all had for breakfast, got me hungry. Congrats Tommy & Alondra for your successful day at the marker, sounds like you all had fun. As always thanks for the great pic and updates. Alondra tomorrow will be taking Adrian to Universal Studios to check out the Harry Potter Ride. Will see if it’s as good as the one in Orland. Love, Mom, Dad, Adrian and Daisy.
Sounds so awesome Sarry! Auntie Carolina loves and misses you 🙂
Love this entry, its details and all of your pictures! Great tag-teamed blog post! Much love from IA!
Sarryyy beerryy I miss you soo muchh ! Sound like your having a great time ! Cant wait till your home thoo sucka head ! LOVE YOU❤️❤️?
KC U LOOK S’CUTE ♥ imy as alwaysss
LOVE AND MISS YOU SARRYBERRY!❤❤ CANT WAIT TILL FRIDAYY !??
Woooooohoooooo finally a blog from my girl Sarry! LOL…makes me happy to read her words and see her picture. Today is the 12th, the day you said you would call back again. I am looking at my phone every 5 seconds to make sure my ringer is on and I have warned all my coworkers I will be making a mad dash for my phone if I hear it ring.
This blog as well as the other 2 new ones are great! We are really getting a detailed look into your daily lives. I know these 6:00 am wake up calls are killing you! I am sure everyone is looking forward to sleeping in a little when they return home.
Speaking of home, I cant wait to see you! I might cry, just a warning! I will for sure be hugging you so so so tight you should take a deep breath before I get to you! LOL
Pups are good. Been letting Snoop sleep with me still, which you know is hard for me just another reason I am looking forward to your return.
We are going to go to Aunt Debbie’s in Saturday morning to help her clean and pack for her move. I am hoping you are up to going to but we shall see.
Start thinking of whaty you would like for your first home cooked meal to be! I am ready to make you 3 dishes in 1 day! Love Love Love YOU!!!!
Sarry and friends, It’s Auntie Patsy from Las Vegas. So PROUD of you and your friends doing this in Nicaragua.WOW 6:00a.m and making salsa. What an AWESOME experience. Love YOU Sarry.Momma will be in Las Vegas on Sunday. If it wasn;’t for work she would be home with YOU and Sonya. SHE LOVES OU BOTH SOOOOO MUCH and SOOOOOO DO I. (((((HUGS)))) SMOOCHES and more (((((HUGS)))))
Well I might be a little biased in my opinions here (since my niece is named after me!), but I think Sarry and Kimberly ROCKED IT! BEST BLOG HERE! Sarry your auntie cried reading your blog. So mature, so intricate, so detailed, OMG so grown up! Not sure why the blog made me cry other than pure PRIDE! So proud of you and your partner, AWESOME BLOG. Leon is LUCKY to have you there, as I’m sure you feel lucky to be in Leon. You are making your mark on the WORLD! Proud Proud Proud! Get home safely, and cant wait to hear of your adventures!
Hi Sarry! Looks like you’re having a fantastic time. Can’t wait to hear all about it. So cool we get to experience your trip with you thru this blog. Xoxo
Hi Sarry Love! You and Kim did a great job on the blog! So thrilled to see you’re having a blast, soaking in the culture, and learning so much.I’m looking foward to hearing all about this experience. Praying over you each and everyday. Miss you & Love you! XO