Nearly everyone in the Manna house did some traveling during Semana Santa—some PDs left Nicaragua to travel to the US and Guatemala, while...

This week, Jesse has shared his recent home stay experience. Here in Managua, we each do one four-night home stay in the community to expand...

BLOG ACTION DAY: DRINKING WATER IN NICARAGUA When I first arrived in Nicaragua I was ambivalent about drinking the tap water. Before depar...

For four days I went nowhere without being encompassed by a tangled mass of arms and legs and hugs and kisses and shouts of children ranging...

Sometimes we whine about the Manna House, which is actually palatial compared to the way most people live. We miss hot water, air conditioni...

Though the manna house is a valuable asset, living apart from Cedro Galan does prevent the Program Directors from fully understanding daily ...

You’ll have to excuse last week’s lack of a blog entry… I was just too busy cooking rice and beans, taking bucket showers, and killing scorp...