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Summer 2012
On Monday morning we were greeted with a traditional Nicaraguan breakfast for the student’s last meal before heading to the airport – gallo pinto, eggs, chorizo, salsa,…
On Friday morning students said a final goodbye to their host families and loaded all their luggage on the bus. There was a lot of conversation as…
On Thursday July 19, the 33rd anniversary of the end to the Somoza dictatorship, we met at Quinta Goshen after students had a few free hours with…
All students arrived safely back from their service locations yesterday. The day was filled with lots of laughter and story telling. Students enjoyed a pizza lunch with…
For our last service visit, we headed back to Volcan Mombacho, where the group had gone for a field trip earlier in the semester. Luke is a…
Our journey to visit Caleb and Lynelle started out early as we left on a 6:15am-ish flight to Bluefields from Managua. After arriving in Bluefields, we took…
Erin is working at the Fortress of Hope children’s home on the outskirts of Managua. The seventeen children and youth in this home have been abused either…
Kelsey lives in the small rural community of Santa Julia outside of El Crucero. El Crucero is only about a 30 minute bus ride from Jinotepe but…
Andrew is working in the rural community of Candelaria in the Boaco department (state). Normally it is a 30-45 minute bus ride and a 20 minute walk…
After visiting students in and around Matagalpa, we enjoyed a scenic 1 ½ hour ride to Jinotega, the City of Mists. Nearly 100 years ago, Nicaragua’s German…
