EL LAGARTILLO is a small cooperative community in the mountains of the Nicaraguan department/region of León. Erin Bergen and Wade Troyer are both spending their service terms there. Erin and Wade outside one of the central buildings in El Lagartillo that houses a health center, classrooms and…
Service site visits began this week starting with Aaron Graber. SAN JUAN DE ORIENTE: Aaron is situated in San Juan de Oriente-a small town full of artisans specializing in pottery and ceramics. Below are some excerpts from Aaron’s SST journal entries. Upcoming blogs will feature other students’ service experiences.
A JOURNAL WRITTEN BY EMILY VOGT Emily V. with two members of her Carazo host family. On Friday afternoon that we returned from Masaya and Mombacho, there was not any power in La Villa where I live, and rumor had it in all of Nicaragua. I had…
A JOURNAL ENTRY WRITTEN BY SOPHIA SEARS Sophia with part of her Carazo host family One enjoyable time I’ve had with my host family so far is when I went with my mom and niece to a birthday party of my aunt. The relatives there were very…
On Thursday evening, June 11, students celebrated with and thanked their Jinotepe, Dolores, and Diriamba host families with dinner, poems, songs, dessert and dancing. The next day, June 12, students departed for their various service locations throughout Nicaragua. Students are serving in/with schools, health centers, farms, child-care centers, advocacy groups,…
A JOURNAL ENTRY WRITTEN BY EMMA KOOP LIECHTY Emma and her Diriamba host family The other weekend, my family went to my 8 year old twin nieces’ first communion. I knew there was going to be a family celebration afterwards, but I underestimated just how big it…
Though a little over a week has passed since the students finished their Study portion of SST and have moved on to their service assignments, we still want to offer a Week 6 recap. The week consisted of: the final four days of Spanish instruction in the mornings (concluding with…
A JOURNAL ENTRY WRITTEN BY AARON GRABER Aaron with his host father and brother. A time I really enjoyed with my family was on an UNO game we played which got very intense. It brought out competitive sides of both of my parents and a little bit…
This past week we celebrated two birthdays among the SST’ers. The first, was Jesse. Happy Birthday Jesse! Some serious love for the Tres Leches cake at Casa Goshen. [new_row] Then…though it was 2 some weeks early, Peter’s (a.k.a. Pedro) family wanted to throw him…
On Friday, June 5 the group visited the beautiful city of Granada. This colonial city, nestled at the base of Volcan Mombacho and along the shores of Lake Nicaragua (Lago Cocibolca), is known to be one of the earliest European-initiated cities in North America founded by the Spaniards…
