Yummy food and goodbyes!

Hello Friends, and family,

Celia: Last night, the travel group went to “La Cocina de Doña Haydee.” We had a private room for all of us with a traditional Nicaraguan dinner with Chicken, Beef, pork rinds, and rice and beans. The food was all cooked over Nicaraguan“Jack-o-Lanterns.”After the great meal, a guitarist and a dancer performed traditional Nicaraguan song and dances for us. We were up super late, enjoying ourselves.

Shaniyah:Today we went to Chacocente and had a little “field day” and many people fell. As we were eating our lunch we met some friendly dogs who ate half of it. Then some of us watched the little children hit the piñata or played a soccer game with the Chacocente and ANS children. Before we said goodbye to our ANS buddies Logan and her buddy hugged and got claps from everyone, making her blush and laugh. Also Cully had gotten a kiss by an ANS student on the cheek.  Although we had a crazy, super-hot day and some funny moments, we had a enjoyable time at Chacocente.

Alex: Chacocente is a school founded on the principles of taking less fortunate families and putting them in houses and giving their kids a school. The school itself is a great place with a soccer field and a store. The people are friendly and optimistic. We had pull up contests, and a huge football game. We bought melted popsicles and coke as we ran across the field trying to knock the ball loose from ANS. People were so inviting that they took us in the first time we saw them. Both Chacocente and ANS. But in the end we were sad when the new friends we made left and how we won’t be able to see them again at least for a while, but in the end we met some great kids and overall great people, and we’re so thankful for the opportunity.

Indee: We all had a wonderful experience today visiting the students at Chacocente.  Our buddies from ANS also were joining us.  We got to interact with the students there by doing field day like activities.  Some of which include 3 legged races, Wheelbarrow races, and Sack races.  Although we all got pretty dirty we had a great time.  After our games we could either play soccer or watch the little kids beat a poor piñata for the candy inside of it.