Study-Service Term

I’m happy to report that all the students are safely back from service in good spirits and good health, with lots of stories to share and lots of energy pointed towards returning back to the States.  Tomorrow is our wrap-up day, devoted to final project presentations (every thing from cooking Nica style, to malnutrition, to Nica’s system of medical care…), reflecting on service (and telling more stories), celebrating birthdays, and starting to think about re-entry.  It’s going to be a full, and good day.

Gallo pinto is the national dish of Nicaragua; however, the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts have different recipes.  Here are approximate “recipes” for each.  Buen provecho!

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After traveling through some of the northern mountains and plains of Nicaragua early last week, it was a pleasant change of pace to simply hop into a microbus on Friday (July 2) to visit Reuben at the Centro de Salud clinic in La Concepcion (in the department of Masaya), and then to hop in a taxi for the short trip to the biological research station located on the shores of Laguna de Apoyo. Read the rest of this entry »

Thirteen students and six programs were included in this tour of Estelí, Matagalpa, León and Managua; our travels started early Monday morning (6/28) and concluded late in the day on Wednesday (June 30). Read the rest of this entry »

Teaching English (all grade levels including a class of English teachers) in Diriamba, and planting frijoles and attending nation-wide farm cooperative workers’ organizational meetings provide a broad overview of two students’ service assignments. Read the rest of this entry »

[student journal, posted with permission]

Since Friday (6/11) marks the half-way point, for this journal, I’ve decided to do a review of the first half by making a list of ten ways I have changed, in the past six weeks. Read the rest of this entry »

Nicaragua SSTers 2010 know how to host a fun party! Read the rest of this entry »

Although Tropical Storm Agatha had us wondering on Wednesday, May 26, if traveling 4 hours by bus into the northern mountains was going to be a good idea, the rainfall lightened significantly on Thursday, and we took off as planned on Friday morning (May 28). Read the rest of this entry »

Students started on their journeys from Casa de Goshen at 7:30 am this morning, and I am pleased report that all of them have reached their destinations safely as of 1:30 pm this afternoon.  Pictures of the send off (and last evening’s party) will be posted soon.

Jalisa, Phil, and Logan joined forces to create brownies for their host mothers on International Mother’s Day (Sunday, May 30) Read the rest of this entry »