First things first; happy belated Mother’s Day. Here in Nicaragua, Mother’s Day isn’t celebrated until May 30th, but we frequently think about our mothers back home. Sunday, May 13 (U.S. Mother’s Day) was a full day of travel back from the East Coast of Nicaragua.
Early Thursday morning, May 10, we left for our trip to the East Coast. Read the rest of this entry »
Students have finally settled into a routine this past week. After a long weekend learning about their new families and how to communicate in Spanish, everyone was excited to be at Spanish class Monday morning. Most mornings, students will be in Spanish class. After class they go in smaller groups to eat lunch in various restaurants around Jinotepe. In the afternoon, we meet at a local University listening to speakers on different topics about Nicaragua. This week we had a very dynamic speaker,
Thursday morning the students were up early and waiting for breakfast, partly due to the 2 hour time difference from Goshen. The students seem to be very punctual as they were always early to everything! (only for now?) After breakfast, we had a short time of worship and singing before starting orientation. We introduced Dalena, our in-country assistant and discussed the schedule (and how to be flexible!), academics, Nicaraguan culture, safety, health issues, expectations, and shared host family information with the students for the first time. We finished early enough for most to catch a siesta before supper. Read the rest of this entry »
We traveled from Managua to Jinotepe this morning to continue orientation, and ended the day with the students meeting their host families this afternoon. They are spending their first night in their new homes getting to know their families. Both families and students are excited and anxious to spend the weekend together.
Pictures and a summary of orientation will be posted later this weekend, but we wanted to get these pictures of host families posted as soon as possible.
After a delay in Chicago and a tight connection in Miami, all 23 students arrived safely in Managua with all luggage! Many students began practicing their Spanish with a quick stop at Subway to get supper before our bus took us to Quinta Shalom, our home for the next two nights in Managua. Students are excited to be in Nicaragua but are heading to bed after a long day of travel!
Tomorrow is a day full of orientation activities. We will head to Jinotepe on Friday morning to prepare to meet host families Friday evening.
Greetings from Nicaragua!
Keri Swartzendruber and I have been in Nicaragua since the end of March, planning and taking care of many details as we prepare for the arrival of the twenty three students tomorrow evening. We are excited to begin the adventure of SST with the students. Read the rest of this entry »
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