Day 2

We woke up this morning and had breakfast of eggs, bread, watermelon, papaya, and cereal. We spent the morning learning about the program and getting to know the members of our group. For lunch we had chicken, rice, beans, and juice from cactus flowers. The afternoon we went over the syllabi for each of my classes. I am taking four classes and a practicum this semester.

1. Worldview and Societal Transformation

2. Service-Learning/Practicum

3. Nicaraguan History and Culture

4. Cross-Cultural Exploration

5. Spanish Language

6. Ag in the Developing World

I am so excited for the service-learning practicum. I will be working with my friend, Danielle, and we will be assisting Carlos in a research project about BioCharcoal for sustainable development. Danielle and I will do an economic analysis and come up with marketing strategies to market BioCharcoal in Leon, (the second largest city) in Managua. The first few weeks we will learn about BioCharcoal and the weeks after that we will work on our analysis and marketing strategies. We will establish a sale price and attempt to market the BioCharcoal. I am so excited to learn more about this aspect of agriculture. This is a quick overview--more to come :)

I am also excited to learn Spanish. I have practiced a little, and it is nice that my friends on the program know more Spanish than I do so I can practice on them. We are still becoming familiar with Managua, but will meet our host families on Sunday. I am so excited for this semester!

 I am also excited for the Ag Class--Ag in the Developing world that we will be taking. The semester includes visiting the US embassy, visiting a pineapple farm, coffee farm, sugar processing plant, world renew, and a cattle ranch. Hopefully my Spanish will be good enough at that point that I can speak directly to the owners and employees. I can't believe that it is already the end of the second day!

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Day 2: "The Gang"