Ah! the frustrations, but hidden treasures of working in schools in Nicaragua. Our first week of work started as a five day week, became a 4 day week by Tuesday and then by Wednesday, half way through the day we were done. A mixed blessing. It meant only 2 and half days of school for the kids, but it also meant a 4 day weekend for us! So we were off. Lindsay (Arizona), Karien (Holland) and I headed to the beaches outside of San Juan del Sur. We found a great l...

As of today, I have officially been in Granada for two weeks. It is already going too fast! I started volunteering with La Esperanza de Granada last Monday and so far, so good. I really like the program because it is sustainable and actually beneficial (in my humble opinion, of course) for the communities that we work with. I tutor five second graders every school day for half an hour in math and reading. In the afternoons, another volunteer and I, Sophie from Fr...