one of my favorite little girls from our community, cedro galan
lunch time!
el farito during comedor (feeding program)
emilio enjoying lunch! he's the adorable son of one of my english students
jose carlos, erick, alec and alex horsing around during comedor (feeding program)
some of my favorite little ones during comedor
beautiful children
emily, maddie and i dressed as pinatas for a mexican themed party at our boss' house
kids from our literacy and math classes. every month we have a party for the kids with nearly perfect attendance. this month was team building exercises, games, and water balloon throwing at their teachers
the group (minus josh) before going out one evening. we sure do clean up nice :)
our hostel in granada
inside a local market
downtown granada
the central square in granada
the view from mambacho mountain where we started our canopy tour
before the canopy tour, not sure what to expect exactly but ready to go in our safety gear
all suited up and ready to go on a canopy tour in granada! a canopy tour is a series of ziplines among the trees in the rainforest, aka lots of fun
tressa and maddie starting the canopy tour
weeeeeeee!
nikki climbing a precarious ladder during the zipline adventure
hanging out in the treetops
michael belaying down from high up in the trees!
after I belayed down, aka the man drops you super fast and then stops suddenly before you hit the bottom
tressa enjoying the ride
walking through a coffee farm in the mountains
driving through our neighborhood
a road in our neighborhood with a beautiful view of the mountains!
the beach at gran pacifica, a new housing development that is springing up about an hour from our house. it was beautiful but rainy!
esmo (the nurse on the right) administering vaccines at the chureca clinic
we had the advanced english class that I teach over for a party! we ordered pizza, talked, played guitars and jumped in the pool
some of my students eating pizza
maddie, michael, mary rose and mercedes
josh, norman and fabricio
gabe, one of my students, who is giving me guitar lessons!
mary rose, nikki, and our friend david from church
olga trying to learn a little guitar...
gelme and gabe
a dorm at the young life (vida joven) camp in matagalpa
inside the dorm
during a concert that a nica band put on for the yl campers
ann, morgan, myself and emily outside of a maze/labyrinth on the yl property
the view from the top of a small mountain we climbed
looking down onto field games the camp was playing
the sharpes + henry
emily and myself
engagement photo?
nikki reading to the kids during literacy
exercise class!
mose and nikki leading exercise class
exercise class has gotten BIG!
halle
eric all dressed up and ready for the movies
our literacy/math kids during their monthly 'good attendance' party- this month we took them to the movies
maycol, causin' trouble and being cute like always
alex + friends at the movies
idalia and damaris at the movies
