Day 5 Nicaragua! Sustainable Community Development in Action!

Felicidades, It's Dana's Birthday!!!

Today was our last official work day as we attended the LifeLink International School. There were a few tears but a whole lot more love as we endured 91 degrees (and felt like 114 degrees with humidity), we had the privilege to educate both students and community members on dental hygiene, water filtration, as well as discuss the Red Elephant Project to 7th-grade girls. (Please check out the HWB website for more information on ways to support the project and keep these girls in school). Along with teaching, we had the opportunity to explore the community more in depth as we took a tour with the founder of LifeLink, Mike Turner, as well as met some of the families throughout the area.  Some of the team members interacted with the students throughout the day by playing kicker (also known as kickball), soccer, painting nails, and practicing their Spanish speaking skills.

HWB treated the team to Helado (ice cream) at one of Nicaragua's finest ice cream shop's called POPS! (pronounced POPES), indulged on Nicaraguan Pizza Hut, and weathered our first power outage of our stay. Tomorrow we will be heading into the city for some tourist activities so check out our final blog tomorrow night.

We appreciate the love and support you have all given us and ask that you continue to keep us and the people of Nicaragua in your thoughts and prayers!
~Buenos Noches y Dios te bentegan~(Good night and God bless you)