Group pic on the final full day In Nicaragua. Students returned safely from Nicaragua SST on Monday, July 27, but here are some glimpses of the final days there together. The group returned to Carazo (Jinotepe, Delores, Diriamba) for 2 nights with their study host families, final…
We said good-bye to our wonderful students around 5:30 a.m. Nica time (7:30 a.m. GC time). They disappeared through security and now are in flight to Atlanta and then onto Chicago, scheduled to arrive there at 5:20 p.m. local time (6:20 p.m. GC time). And then onto Goshen by bus…
ISAIAH FRIESEN & LUKE KAUFMAN are serving in the city of Masatepe. They only have a couple days left there, but here’s what they’ve been up to… Luke & Isaiah at Isaiah’s workplace, ICIDRI, for lunch Scenes from Masatepe with Vulcan Masaya in background…
Emily, Molly & Ben after lunch together in Jinotega EMILY SCHROCK, BEN SHELLY, and MOLLY ZOOK are all spending their service term in the northern mountain city of Jinotega. Emily works in the mornings at a school for children with special needs and the organization, Casa Materna…
Happy Faces before the race-Maria & Joshua Schirch, Isaiah & Luke Racers and their support crew POSTING BY ISAIAH FRIESEN: This past weekend, July 11-12, Luke Kaufman and I ran a vaunted and long-awaited race of 30 kilometers from Managua to Masaya. This…
DAVID PAULS is spending his service term at the Vicente Padilla family coffee farm outside of Matagalpa. The Padilla family is committed to organic and sustainable practices throughout their farm. They live and work by the principles of permaculture. David with the Padilla family. JOURNAL EXCERPTS BY…
EMMA KOOP LIECHTY and SOPHIE SEARS are spending their 6 weeks of service in the beautiful mountain city of Matagalpa. Emma is serving in Colegio Bautista Matagalpa, a private primary school while Sophie is serving in small public school, La Amistad, that works with children who have special needs.
Maddie Birky and Brianne Brenneman have service placements in Estelí, the 3rd largest city in Nicaragua. Maddie serves with an organization that has a Bibliobus-a mobile library program for school children especially in the region of Miraflor outside the city of Estelí. Brianne serves 3 days a week at Escuela…
David Jantz and Emily Vogt are spending their service term in the town and surrounding areas of Santo Domingo in the Chontales department/region of Nicaragua. David & Emily in Santo Domingo, Nicaragua. A JOURNAL EXCERPT BY DAVID JANTZ: “The town is located in an idyllic setting with…
Natalie is serving in the northern colonial city of Leon at La Colectiva Casa De Los Colores. Natalie inside the colectiva where she is both working and living. JOURNAL EXCERPTS BY NATALIE THORNE: “I am in a unique situation for service. I actually live and…
