Hola familia y amigos,
We had our second day of community service project and everyone was excited to switch and experience a new project. The people who were at the reserve yesterday went to one of the schools today and the people who went to the schools went to the reserve.  I went to one of the schools along with Eilis and Karley. The kids love taking pictures with us...during recess of course. We all were bombarded by kids because we introduced them to the snapchat filter. Savita, Oscar, and Corey went to another school that is one of the poorest and in the middle of know where. Kids kept coming up to Oscar saying "oh you have yellow hair". Something that happened at both schools that was different and was unusual to us was they had a volcano drill, children would hold there backpacks over their heads. The rest of the group that included Tori, Grace, Rachel, Ally L., Ally B., and Evan went to the reserve where they watered plants and filled bags with dirt. Again everyone was extremely nice, they offered them ice cream and coconuts on their breaks. After our community service we came back to el Piscacho to have lunch and have our spanish lessons once again. Our groups changed from the day before because some people wanted to learn different things and needed help with certain things and it would be best to fulfill every moment when we are here. During the second part of our spanish lessons we walked into town while having conversations with our spanish teachers. We arrived at the town park and bought ice creams. Everyone enjoyed that because it was something cold. Note to anyone reading this, our waters get warm VERY FAST in this weather. After that we were able to go into a church and learn interesting stories about the town. To get back to el Piscacho we took moto taxis, these are tiny tiny tiny little vehicles that can bring 3 people in the back and 2 in the front, plus the driver, driving in the middle of the two. When we got back everyone was pretty exhausted. However, we remembered we had a history lesson from Chester, one of our guides. It was very informational, he brought up the history of Nicaragua from the 1500's. We didn't get to finish our lesson since it was getting late and it was time for dinner. The lesson will continue on Friday. After dinner all of us were hanging out on some hammocks in front of our bedrooms and our security guard brought us this bug that makes the loudest noise ever throughout the day and night. It's called a chicharra. Some of us held it, it was alive, but doesn't bite. After 5 minutes of letting it go, one of the many dogs here ate it.We are all tired, but manage to always talk as a group, tell stories, and play cards......On the fly? Clip on tie
Adios:)
Shannon