Recent posts from: Matagalpa2 -7/08/2015


Day 18: Final Reflection Day


The day has finally come! As this journey ends our new journeys at home with changed perspectives are about to begin. We took this last day in Nicaragua to reflect on all of the experiences we shared together. Our day as leaders began as usual with our daily wakeup...

Day 17: Volcano and Lagoon Day


Today is the last full day that our delegation is spending in Nicaragua, and it was a crazy fun day. Despite the fact that that one of our members and a GG leader had to stay back, we all managed to have an incredible experience. Our day, however, started out a little...

Day 16: CAP Project Day #3


At last!! Today we completed all three   of our CAP projects which included: the partition, the shelve for the kitchen and the roof all in just two and a half days. Not to say it was easy, we had an early wake up call at 6:45-am leaving the hostel immediately after...

Day 15: CAP Project Day # 2


What a stressful day! The schedule was very hasty today. We woke up pretty early today at 6:20am, and breakfast began a little later than planned, but we had a good meal. Everyone wore comfortable clothing and shoes, which were expected to get dirty. After having our...

Day 14: CAP Project Day 1


Noe, When I chose to be leader on this day I knew that I was up for a huge challenge. It was the mixture of fear and anxiousness, as well as eagerness to be out my comfort zone that pushed me to sign my name on Day 14. What I didn’t expect however was for my beautiful...

Day 13: Politics


As I woke up today, I immediately started to contemplate about how I could be the best Leader of the Day as I possibly could. The minute I rolled out of bed, I was as familiar with the schedule as I was with the back of my hand, and I began planning how I could be...

Day 12: FREEDAY YAAY!


With only 7 days left, we all enjoyed our free day together. We all got to bond with each other and have lots of fun in and out of the hostel. But before we got to enjoy our free time, we spent last night together putting on a talent show with such talented and goofy...