Blog #3
Today was a great day!! This morning just Betty, Pam, my mom, and I went to Santa Celia. Irene, Nikki, and Katie had spent the night there. When we got there, those three were busy crocheting with a group of people. I hung around there for a little bit, be eventually gave on on crocheting :) I walked down to the school where the scholarship students had prepared a presentation for us. There were about 11 students total, both from Santa Celia ands Santa Marta.
After the presentation, I talked with the students. We had fun looking at my pictures, playing volleyball, and joking about how tall I am :) Two of the girls that were also my age loved taking picures of everything! A camera could keep them busy all day :)
For the younger children, we wanted to introduce an American culture activity we do for Easter. There were about 90 hard boiled eggs ands 200 plasctic eggs filled with jelly beans. Some of the scholarship students hid the plastic eggs while the others helped us back at the school. There were about 15 cups of dye set out on a table. Each child got a hard boiled egg and then they got to dye it. They had lots of fun with that project, and in the end everyone got to take and egg home. After the egg dying, we had the Easrer egg hunt. The kids totally loved that!!
I think everyone had a very successful trip in Santa Celia these past three days. All the community leaders were very happy and thankful about everything we did. Hopefully I will be able to return again someday!
~Grace
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Nicaragua - April 2011 team blogs!
4/13/11
Hello all from Nicaragua! We apologize so much for not posting blogs! We have run into technical difficulties! We have been having an amazing time and are doing incredible work! Please enjoy the blogs we have written so far and we will continue to update as we can.
Blog #1
Yesterday was our first day in Nicaragua. People were very exhausted but some of us did go to a market. One car had a little trouble getting to the market (a minor accident in a round-a-bout) but we made it there:) It was my first time ever going to a market, and it was a very cool experience. I walked around with my parents through the different little booths.
In the market, my dad wanted to find some cashews to buy. Instead of finding a basket of nuts, we got a reddish, sort of banana-shaped fruit. Of course my dad took a bite of it right away, and then gave me some.
When we got back to the hotel, we learned that the cashew fruit is actually poisonous!! Well....my dad did a little research about it while my mom was freaking out. Thankfully, the part that we ate was not poisonous. Hopefully, my dad and I will spend our of out trip rash free!:):)
~Grace Riley
(I wrote this Sunday morning so much more has happened but we will try to keep you updated!)
Blog #2
So much has happened! We had some trouble posting the first blog but now we will try to keep you more updated:)
On Monday, we had a group go to Managua Regional Hospital and everyone else net to Santa Celia. At Santa Celia, the children were all very excited to see us. I read a book to them from North Woods International School, and shared to pictures with them too. Later in the afternoon, we presented lots of sports equipment to the community leaders. Everyone was super happy about all those donations.
Today, I traveled to two communities with Dr. Molina. We drove about 2 1/2 hours on horrible roads to get there. At both communities, Dr. Molina, one of her partners, and Dr. Kleven all saw patients. Rachel and I weighed children and distributed medicine.
So far, it has been a great experience. We have all made new friends, tried new foods, and learned a little more Spanish!
~Grace~
Hello all from Nicaragua! We apologize so much for not posting blogs! We have run into technical difficulties! We have been having an amazing time and are doing incredible work! Please enjoy the blogs we have written so far and we will continue to update as we can.
Blog #1
Yesterday was our first day in Nicaragua. People were very exhausted but some of us did go to a market. One car had a little trouble getting to the market (a minor accident in a round-a-bout) but we made it there:) It was my first time ever going to a market, and it was a very cool experience. I walked around with my parents through the different little booths.
In the market, my dad wanted to find some cashews to buy. Instead of finding a basket of nuts, we got a reddish, sort of banana-shaped fruit. Of course my dad took a bite of it right away, and then gave me some.
When we got back to the hotel, we learned that the cashew fruit is actually poisonous!! Well....my dad did a little research about it while my mom was freaking out. Thankfully, the part that we ate was not poisonous. Hopefully, my dad and I will spend our of out trip rash free!:):)
~Grace Riley
(I wrote this Sunday morning so much more has happened but we will try to keep you updated!)
Blog #2
So much has happened! We had some trouble posting the first blog but now we will try to keep you more updated:)
On Monday, we had a group go to Managua Regional Hospital and everyone else net to Santa Celia. At Santa Celia, the children were all very excited to see us. I read a book to them from North Woods International School, and shared to pictures with them too. Later in the afternoon, we presented lots of sports equipment to the community leaders. Everyone was super happy about all those donations.
Today, I traveled to two communities with Dr. Molina. We drove about 2 1/2 hours on horrible roads to get there. At both communities, Dr. Molina, one of her partners, and Dr. Kleven all saw patients. Rachel and I weighed children and distributed medicine.
So far, it has been a great experience. We have all made new friends, tried new foods, and learned a little more Spanish!
~Grace~
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