Today, they had new-missionary orientation at the mission. We were able to meet people that have been serving in Nicaragua for the past few months. We met a group of people working for Mennonite Central Committee which was pretty cool because I come from a Russian Mennonite Community and we had some experiences in common. In the morning, we listened to lectures about adapting to a new culture and the stages that are common. It was interesting to hear, but I don't think that we will experience as many of the emotions because we will only be here for about three months. We listened to another lecture about the history of Nicaragua--but it was a very brief overview. We had lunch and then had an interactive session about aspects of poverty in developing countries. The final session of the day was an interactive session where we asked questions about Nicaragua. It was very hot, and sitting through the lectures made it a pretty long day.
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