Dia de 4 (a day late)

So here are the blogs from last night. We typed it up on microsoft word and had planned on copying and pasting what we had typed but apparently you can't do that on blogspot. So, now that we have some time, I am typing up what was written last night.

Early morning run.
Brighten ophanage blue green
Buy stuff from market.

I decided to do a haiku tonight ... I was just feeling it. Today was pretty great. Dave and I went for a nice little job at about 8 AM before heading to breakfast. Then we headed to the orphanage and did some painting. We did a great job. Afterwards, we had lunch and then headed to the hotel and took a nice dip in the pool. THen, we went down to the market for a few hours. It was pretty overwhelming though. We were the gringos and everyone knew we had that cash money. Little boys were coming up to me with puppy dog faces and asking for me to give them money so they could get some food. It was pretty sad. I got some stuff at the market though...a nice soccer jersey, a tee shirt and maybe some presents for the ones I love most. Let's see...then we headed to dinner and then chilled out at the pool for an hour or so. We had porch time, then small group, then another fiesta at our place. About twenty people rolled up to our porch and we played Cheers Governor. I might try to hit yoga at 7AM (edit---did not happen), but that is highly unlikely considering tonight's fesitivites. Our translator, Tony, is here tonight and he is seriously awesome. I'm pretty pumped about my haiku though. Night night everyone. I'd like to give a shout out to my homies. - RW Gus

The night consumes us
With the faith for better days
That good luck will bring.

I've come to decide that JMU is the "supreme creme" of the spring break experience for Nicaragua. Their motivation and energy surpasses almost every single human probability I've been able to know so far. Ever since the beginning, nothing has run them down. Maybe, we are witnessing the raise of the generation that will be able to understand that Nicaragua is not a threat to US democracy and that aid will always be better than guns and war. Today, we went to work at the orphanage and to the market, two different sets of realitiy inside the same country, but they seemed to adapt and combine with the changing contexts that we throw at them, which show an incredible capacity of adaptation in order to participate in the long process of solving this country's issues. In other words, they prove the idea that we still have the right to dream for a better tomorrow. Thanks for the space. Tony (the translator)

Don't care about dirt
Feeling tired won't stop me
I love these orphans.

My friends Brooke and Cat
Bring good looks and big smiles
To all the ninos.

Love word of mouth
Warm weather even at night
Keep the party going strong.

Enjoyed the day today but missed hanging out with the little kids. GOt much closer to a few of the people on the trip and it turns out that they're pretty cool. The porch party turned out great even though no invitations were sent out. Gotta love word of mouth, warm weather and rum (check out the haiku). Very excited to give my girl Marina the necklace I bought today at the market - Luca Gus

Life here is sooo good
We're meeting some great people
As all totally should.

This trip has been great. I feel like it's truly flying by but want to make the most of it while I'm here. Tomorrow I'm excited to continue to build relationships with these kids. Talk to you all soon. - Dave Gus

AT here --- So today we went to the market and I bought Leyla earrings. We also raised a lot of money for Angel's family and bought them food for 2-3 months and have $150 left over to go towards his house. Apparently we are supposed to see Angel and his family on Wednesday. All for now, more to come tomorrow! -AT Gus