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What Now?
The National Entrepreneurship Congress and Competition is over. The school year is all but over. The wonders of Matagalpa have been explored. Thanksgiving has been had at the Ambassador’s Residence. What now? What do I do, with respect to work, … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Travel, Work
Tagged Ambassador, Ambassador's House, Ambassador's Residence, America, commercial sex worker, commercial sex workers, domestic violence, embassy, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship competition, Entrepreneurship Congress, Esteli, HIV, León, LGB, LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQA, Matagalpa, Nicaragua, pool, prostitute, prostitutes, self-esteem, sex worker, sex workers, swimming, swimming pool, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Dinner, turkey, United States, United States of America, US, USA
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Summer in America, Winter in Nicaragua
July is known as a “winter” month in Nicaragua, even though Nicaragua is in the same hemisphere as the USA, where we know July as high summer. I put winter in quotes though because it isn’t winter as we know … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps
Tagged 4th of July, airport, America, Arthur, beach, beaches, card, card game, cards, cards game, Delaware, Delaware Beaches, drought, earthquake, earthquakes, Fourth of July, friend, friends, friendship, hurricane, Hurricane Arthur, Independence Day, July 4th, July Fourth, mafia, Managua, Nicaragua, rain, school, season, seasons, summer, temblor, temblores, terremoto, terremotos, United States of America, US, US of A, USA, winter
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Blog it Home
As defined by Congress, the Peace Corps has three goals. And one of them is to promote America’s understanding of other culture. I primarily work toward this goal through this blog. And last year, the Peace Corps inaugurated a new … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, blogging, DC, Nicaragua, Peace Corps, Third Goal, United States of America, US, US of A, USA, Washington DC
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Estelí, Estelí
Last week I mentioned that I hoped to go to the city of Estelí this week to visit my friend and watch the USA match with him. My schedule just managed to work, so I was able to make it. First, … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Belgium, cigar, cigars, climate, copa, Copa del Mundo, Copa Mundial, El Sauce, Esteli, football, futbol, Germany, hot, hot sauce, la copa, la copa del mundo, la copa mundial, Sauce, soccer, tobacco, USA, USA vs Belgium, USA vs. Germany, volcanoe, weather, World Cup
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More Class Cancellations and the World Cup
This morning started with some sad news. One of the teachers I work with hurt his foot and the doctor has ordered him off it for the whole week. He teaches five sections of entrepreneurship (each an hour and a half … Continue reading
Posted in León, Peace Corps
Tagged Copa del Mundo, Copa Mundial, Cuerpo de Paz, education, emprendedurismo, entrepreneurship, high school, León, Nicaragua, Peace Corps, school, secondary school, teacher, teaching, U.S., U.S. Peace Corps, U.S.A., United States of America, US, USA, World Cup
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Jurementación
Although I’ve been in Nicaragua for nearly three months, I wasn’t actually a Volunteer until last Friday morning. During the first 11 weeks in country, when you are in training, you are considered a Trainee, not a Volunteer. To become … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Training
Tagged Cuerpo de Paz, diplomat, embassy, Foreign Service, Jurementación, León, Managua, Nicaragua, oath, oath of office, Peace Corps, swearing in, United States of America, US, US Peace Corps, USA
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