La Luz

There’s something I keep forgetting to tell you guys (my fans)… everyday in Nicaragua the electricity (la luz) of the entire country goes out. Every day. This week it has been scheduled from 7-10 pm every night, but the weeks past that I’ve been here it was usually unpredictable. It’s really frustrating for an American. Not that we have A/C here to begin with (we dont), but to be reading, eating dinner, or doing homework, and then to have the lights go out is tough to get used to. At home in Texas when the power goes out for half an hour I get pretty pissed, and it’s kind of funny to think about that now.

It has to do with the government, which I’ve been trying to learn about but my spanish isn’t really good enough to get into details with the locals. I know a little though so if you are interested ask me about it.

Ballin’ in Granada, and watching my diet

Played some ball yesterday with my spanish teacher at one of the courts in Granada. I loved it. It’s always fun to find a court with no one you know, and just ball. It’s even cooler when no one speaks your language… and you just know they are talking crap about you.

This morning three of my good friends from school (Terry, Marissa, and John) left town. The rest of my friends are out of town for the weekend. I enjoy all of the stuff we get to do together, but I’m glad to have a slow weekend where I can spend some alone time too. Semi alone. If you didn’t already know, that’s my main reason for this trip. To get away and spend some time with Jesus. There’s a lot of noise in Texas, I needed somewhere quiet to get away, so I came down here.

mas fotos de jennie

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Zipline down Mambacho Volcano

Today was one of the best days of this trip so far. I have been on a zipline before…but nothing like this. It took us about 45 minutes to drive up the mountain. We drove up a “road” that scared this one student so bad it made her cry. It felt like our wheels were squares, and the driver thought we were in the Indy 500 or something. Bumpy road, it was pretty crazy. But anyways, once we got to the top we talked with some of the children that lived in a little village up there… I will try to post some pictures up here once my friends put them on facebook and I can steal them.

People (friends Ive met, homestay family…)

I haven’t written much about the family that I’m staying with, but I really am enjoying this place. My family is probably one of the poorer home-stay families, but they’re great. This family has a good spirit. I’m starting to understand enough Spanish to be able to talk with them. The youngest girl is 21, and she is the most patient with me so we talk a lot. They are funny though… I haven’t finished a meal yet without being asked “do you like the food of my house?” And they keep giving me new Spanish words to describe how good their food is.

San Juan del Sur, Carita Feliz

We have gone to Carita Feliz twice this past week, and plan on going again a few times this next week. I want to have some afternoons where all I do is chill though. I didn’t plan on being so busy while I was here, but it’s cool to have stuff to do. The first time we went to CF the children were real shy, but Thursday we were welcomed with the kid’s spanish-accented voices: “We waiting for you!”

Jennies Pictures

There are a ton of pictures in this post. You just have to click Read More down below to see all of them. I tried to give an idea of what the pictures are but if you are curious you can just comment and ask or something.

family in the project that we went to…

La Misa

Wow…

Its only been 3 days here in Nic, unbelievable. I expected to be spending all my time alone, but so far Ive really only had a couple hours solomente. Looking forward to some quiet afternoons during the school week. Speaking of the week, we (as in Jennie and I, oh Jennie is a Canadian friend and most importantly, a great source of Christian fellowship…) found a place called Calita Feliz. Its a school for the poor children in this community. I cant explain how great the place is. When I was there on Friday I wanted to call home and just tell everyone I know to send money. They are really doing some great things there. I am going to teach english, and futbol y beisbol. Soccer and baseball.

Bienvenidos

Its saturday evening here in Nic. I have already found a couple Canadian friends that were on the same plane as I was from Houston to Managua, Nicaragua. We have all made friends with a local named Juan who translates for us. He lived in Miami for 8 years so he speaks fluent english. Huge help. No pics yet…. soon

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