Meet Morocco!
Salam alaykum, my friends! In English, this greeting translates to “peace be with you”. I use it interchangeably with a hearty bonjour on a daily basis, but I must admit that the Arabic feels more genuine both to give and…
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Lychee Love
This week has been another crazy one! This week I moved away from my PG and in with a coworker and her family. It has been great so far. They are super welcoming and it’s nice to have people around…
The firsts of many.
As I got ready to write my first entry since the trip officially began, we had the first power outage. It’s been two days filled with a lot of firsts. First ride through the mountainside of Honduras. First night of…
The Hardest Thing About Living in Nicaragua
Working for a nonprofit in a developing country definitely isn’t glamorous. Budgets are tight, living spaces are crowded, and the work is sometimes heart-breaking, sometimes tedious. I knew when I traveled to Nicaragua that I would be working in very…
Worry: The Wasted Emotion
As most of you have seen, reports of the missing aircraft that was traveling from the Charles de Gaulle national airport in Paris, France to Cairo, Egypt have been overwhelming international news outlets since Thursday morning. Speculation of the cause…
One More Week.
One week from now, I will sit in the leather workshop for the boys’ vocational program at Misión Lazaro in San Marcos de Colón, Honduras. Just 5 weeks ago, I sat in my Belmont University classroom and dreamt of the…
Settling In
Now that I’ve been in Nicaragua for over a week I’m beginning to get comfortable. The heat doesn’t bother me as much and I’m amazed at how far my Spanish has come since I got here. Even in just this…
An exciting week
Hello, it has been awhile! This is going to be a long post. 🙂 I didn’t write last week becuase it was just a normal week in the office. Nothing to report, really. I knew I was going on a…
Arrival in Managua
After a full day of travel, I arrived in Managua late Saturday night. With so many weeks of anticipation and preparation, it doesn’t yet feel real that I’m finally here. My first impression is that Managua seems to be a…
This Briefly Becomes a Food Blog
So, I figured since I’m going to Nicaragua to work in nutrition related programs I should learn a little bit about the traditional food that’s served there. A good friend helped me out by giving me Nicaraguan Cooking: My Grandmother’s Recipes…