It’s been a long time since we’ve shared stories, and a lot of things have happened since then. Our school year started in February and I’ve been working with 3 Nicaraguan English teachers in my high school here. I work with the 7th, 8th, and 9th grade classes. There are so many students in each class! A couple of them have 50 students! It’s a little difficult sometimes to work with such big classes, but I’m getting more comfortable with it and the students are beginning to enjoy the lessons. It’s hard because they don’t use English outside of the classroom and they only have 3 hours per week of English classes so they have to work very hard to improve. My principal and counterpart teachers got me a school polo shirt to wear because they said I’m part of their team.
I’ve also got to do some traveling since we’ve last talked. I’ve visited friends and traveled with my host brother. Most recently, I hiked through a canyon and floated the river inside. It was awesome! We saw some giant spiders and teeny tiny frogs too. We had so much fun. I hope I can go back there sometime.
The third week of this month is called “Holy Week” which is part of the Catholic celebration for Easter. There is no school for the whole week and I’m extra excited about this because my parents are coming to visit me!! I haven’t seen my parents in 7 ½ months so this will be so great for all of us :) I’m sad my brother can’t come this time, but I’ll hopefully see him this next Christmas. It’s weird going so long without seeing friends or family from back home, but this experience makes me grateful for all they have done for me throughout my life.
Other things…
My host sister had her baby & our cousin had one too.
Some friends visited from back home and we went to the beach, volcano surfing, zip lining, and stayed overnight at a lake in the crater of a volcano.
We had a celebration in our town for the 116th anniversary and there were lots of horses because we live in "cowboy country".
I went to a language workshop with a bunch of other volunteers to our training towns to practice Spanish and see how much we had improved in the past few months. We also had some fun while we were all together.
Went to a baseball game in my town.
That’s about all the excitement for now. I’ll let you know how my parents’ visit goes. Maybe Mrs. Proudfit can give some letters to my parents to bring down here if you want to write something. Talk to you all soon!
Hi, How are you doing? I've started baseball and it is almost time for a game. I'm having an ear surgery to fix the hole in my eardrum.
ReplyDeleteO.M.G. that sounds so fun I wish I could have that much. But I have some questions like, are you so excited to see your parents? I have a big bro and big sis that live in Colorado. I can't wait till its summer because I get to see them and it's so much fun.
ReplyDeleteWas the zip line fun? What did you mean by volcano surfing? How many frogs did you see? How big was the spider you saw?
ReplyDeleteAre you having fun with all the things you have been doing in Nicaragua and with all your friends and students? It sounds like you are having a good time there?
ReplyDeleteSo how are you doing? It’s Jose, I saw the photos were you jumped off of a big rock it was so cool. I want to do that one day when I get older I also saw the pitcher were you and your friends are in the river. Oh and you see the tsunami in Japan. I felt so bad for the people that died I hope that never happens to me. There was also a earthquake in Japan. That was sad to see what happened to the people. I can’t wait till May because it is my birthday. I am going to wild waves. I am going to Springfield, to my brother’s soccer game. I hope they win and I hope there is a PS3 in my room. I just can’t wait for my summer it is going to be fun because I might go to Mexico. My grandpa is going to take me to the beach and to the zoo and to the water park. It is going to be so fun that’s all I have to say.
ReplyDeleteDear Megan I like your pictures how big and how long was the spider. Where did you go swimming? Did you jump off a cliff in to the water? Did you know I like to go swimming too? I like to read. Do you like to read to? What kinds of books do you like to read? The book I like to read is Ivan Ho. I like to read the Three Musketeers. I like the book Robin hood. Write back. From Tyler
ReplyDeleteHi, I like softball/baseball too. I play pitcher and right field. I didn't know they had it in Nicaragua. I play on a pink team the Diamonds. I play softball every day of the week it is tiring but I love it. I get blisters on my fingers from pitching it hard a lot. Have fun in Nicaragua. Faith
ReplyDeleteWow, you have some cool pics!!! I wish that I was you so I could go on cool adventures. The spider, oh my gosh that was huge!!! The picture above the last one, who is that next to you, your brother??? Where were you in all these pictures? In the picture where you were holding the baby whose baby was it yours? Who were the people you were traveling with? Oh I’m so sorry for asking so much. I was just curious about almost all of them!! Sincerely, Raean
ReplyDeleteWow! All that sounds so exciting! I bet you are having lots of fun. I think the basoftball part sounds like the most fun. I love baseball! :}
ReplyDeleteWHOA!! That’s cool I’ve heard of sand boarding(which is very fun)but I’ve never even heard about volcanoe boarding. To me it looks a lot like snowboarding except the terrain is obsidian and if you fall there’s a high chance you could be paralyzed for awhile.........I LIKE IT and I like any dangerous sport like that or something that will get my adrenaline pumping, like snowboarding, body boarding, paintballing, sand boarding and a lot more. Hope your having a great time with your parents BYE!!!!!!!! :P Sincerely, JACOB
ReplyDeleteHi my name is Oriya, the pictures you showed were pretty cool. The picture that showed you jumping of a cliff into the water really got my attention.
ReplyDeleteI think it's cool that you are able to teach over there and speak a language that you didn't know when you were growing up. To have a host family must be really cool so you can get to know them a lot better. Being away from your family must be tough considering you know your real family a lot better than anyone from Nicaragua.
ReplyDeleteHi this is Kimi, it’s been so long since I last talked to you. How's life? I heard that you get to see your family how exciting!!!!!! Did you hear about the tragedy in Japan? So sad. I'm going to Hawaii this summer and in May I am going to outdoor school It's so exciting!!!!!!!!I love to hear about your adventures and VOLCANO SURFING, no fair!! Sincerely, Kimi
ReplyDeleteIs it fun getting to go on a zip line? I have been on a zip line before at a church camp it was so fun! The picture of the spider is so creepy because I hate spiders. From Sophie
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ReplyDeleteWow it looks like you had a lot of fun in the last couple of months. Speaking of baseball I just started playing baseball. It has been very fun to play it. I’ve have been watching the latest shows of Survivor they are doing it in Nicaragua. Austin
ReplyDeleteDo you really put fake mustaches on your face to practice Spanish? Also is there a lot of baseball games there? Are you super happy that you get to see your family?
ReplyDeleteHi, it looks really fun there and all the stuff you do looks cool too, like zip lining and volcano surfing. Those are really BIG spiders, Can they kill? Was it fun seeing a baseball game? Do you know what kind of frogs those were? Sorry about all the questions. That’s all for now bye.
ReplyDeleteWas the zip lining fun? How hot is it there? What kind of bugs did you see there...?
ReplyDeleteThe spider is so cool it's big too. Are there more frogs there then here? Was the zip line cool? I did it once at the pumpkin patch but it was only 75 feet.
ReplyDeleteThat’s cool that you went to a baseball game. I’ve been to one too. I can’t wait till summer cause I finally don’t have to do homework!
ReplyDeleteHi Megan, I hope you have a fun time there it looks cool except that picture of the giant spider. Zip-lining looked awesome I have done it before. I have to go bye From, Evan
ReplyDeleteThat is the biggest spider. The ones that I have seen, I thought were pretty huge, but when I looked at your picture that one was way huge.
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ReplyDeleteIt sounds like a lot of fun. Is it easy to teach 7th 8th and 9th graders? Jumping off that rock into the water, looks like fun.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you've had a lot of fun lately. What's your favorite thing you've done? From Tyler
ReplyDeleteHi Megan that spider picture was cool. What kind spider was it? Were you scared? I would be.
ReplyDeleteSand boarding sounds like fun! What is it like? Snowboarding on sand? :) I've always wanted to go on one of those big zip lines. What was your favorite thing you did- Zip lining, swimming, or sand boarding?
ReplyDeleteHello, were the spiders gross? I wish I could go to the beach I haven't been there in forever. The waves in that one photo you posted were huge. Was the water cold?
ReplyDeleteHello, were the spiders gross? I wish I could go to the beach I haven't been there in forever. The waves in that one photo you posted were huge. Was the water cold?
ReplyDeleteHey Megen I am so excited for summer. I am going to go camping and going to go on some rode trips. I bet you are having fun i saw all the stuff you were doing they look pretty fun especialy zip lining. What was your favorite activity?
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From the passage that I read I think you are having a blast. When i looked at the pictures I saw a new baby in the world its so cute.when you went swimming I saw on the picture that you hade shoes on why was that?I also saw that you were valcano sleding how in the world do you do that?couse it kinda rockie on a valcano? when you were up on the valcano was it really hot up there?
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