Sunday, April 8, 2012
Sunday, April 1, 2012
¡Gracias Hampton Falls Poker Room!
Thank you to the Hampton Falls Poker Room and all who donated to our trip today! Your donations will be greatly appreciated! They are awesome!
Friday, March 30, 2012
Mas del viaje . . .More About the Trip
This trip, or a trip like this has been my dream ever since the
eight graders from two years ago went on a trip similar to ours. I knew after hearing about their trip that I wanted to do a similar trip. And now we have, the only differences between the two trips are the location and amount of people. ( The other eighth graders went to the NPH orphanage in Tegulcigalpa, while we are going to NPH Nicaragua, and also, they had a bigger group, not just two students and a chaperone).
After their trip, they led a community meeting to tell us about the trip.They talked about what they did in Tegulcigalpa and in the orphanage, the people they met and spoke with (specifically the kids at the orphanage and what they did with them) and also the experience of being in a country with a completely different culture, and speaking a different language. The eighth graders had nothing but good things to say about the kids, saying that they were so energetic and friendly. And how they loved to "ham it up" for the camera. And just to add on to all of that, the trip was a service trip, something very important to the community of my school and also to me. To me, as a sixth grader, and still now, it sounded like the greatest thing ever. At the beginning of sixth grade, I wasn't exactly excited about taking spanish as a language, I had hoped to continue with French but wasn't able to. Although, after just a month of spanish, maybe even less, I loved it! So the possibility of a trip where you speak spanish
all day long and get to talk and play with these awesome and energetic kids, sign me up! After that, I immediately started to save my babysitting money (by now I have enough to pay for my
plane tickets!)
So, then I waited for my turn and my parents, classmates and I began the planning. But it turned out to be a lot harder than I thought, there were so many things that we had to plan carefully because there could be liabilities. But those were nothing compared to the problems we had with making sure we had enough chaperones and people who wouldn't back out. And this was especially hard considering we have only sixteen kids in the grade! And then, on top of all of that, we had the problem of which orphange we were going to go to. Originally we planned to go to the NPH orphanage in Tegucigalpa, because we knew the people there and had gone before. But it just didn't work out. So, my mom and dad started calling around and trying to contact other people.
And that's how we came to Osman and NPH Nicaragua. I am very glad that we did! Osman has been great and told us everything we need to know. He has also reminded me of the reasons I originally wanted to participate in a trip like this with his stories of everyone at the orphanage.
Hace tres años en que este ha sido un sueño mio. Desde entonces los estudiantes del octavo grado de dos años pasados viajaban en un viaje similar, he querido para hacer algo como este. Las unicas diferencias de su viaje eran que tenian un grupo mas largo que nuestro (solemente tenemos tres personas) y fueron a Un orfanato en Tegucigalpa, Honduras en lugar de Nicaragua. Despeus de su viaje, nos hablaron en una reunion de comunidad. Hablaron de que hechan en Tegulcigapa y en el orfanato, hablaron de los niños y que hechan con ellos, y tambien de la cultura y la experiencia de hablar en español.Ademas, los estudiantes del octavo grado no tuvieron nada que cuentas excelentes de los niños y como son muy energeticos y agradables. A mi me oida como la mayor cosa para hacer. En la empieza del sexto grado, estaba de mal humor, porque mi escuela solemente tenia español, y queria continuar con frances, pero despues de una mes de español, ¡me ama! Entonces una viaje en que hablas con personas en español durante todo el dia, ¡que bueno! Y tambien puedes jugar con niños muy excelentes y agradables,¿que podria ser mejor? Yo empieze a guardar mi moneda de cuidar de niños inmediamente para ir en un viaje como este en dos años. (¡ya tengo sufficiente moneda para comprar mis billetes de avion!)
Bueno... entonces yo espere por mi turno y mis padres, campañeros de clase y yo empiezamos la planificacion. Pero era mas deficil que lo pensaba, habia muchas cosas que no
podemos hacer porque fueron propensiones. Pero, estos son mas pequeños que las problemas de personas. Porque para hacer este viaje, necesitaremos, primero: estudiantes, y segundo: compañatas. Pero cuando tienes diesiseis personas en tu grado,este es muy deficilpara hacer. Entonces tuvimos la problema de ¿que orfanto iban? Primero, ibamos al de Honduras porque lo conocemos. Pero no podiamos. Entonces, mi madre y padre buscaron para un orfanato que podemos ir a.
¡Y este es como encontramos Osman y NPH Nicaragua!¡Y estoy muy contento que lo icimos! Osman ha sido excelente y ha nos decido mucho del orfanato y todo que necesitamos saber. El Me recuerdo porque deseo ir en un viaje como este.
eight graders from two years ago went on a trip similar to ours. I knew after hearing about their trip that I wanted to do a similar trip. And now we have, the only differences between the two trips are the location and amount of people. ( The other eighth graders went to the NPH orphanage in Tegulcigalpa, while we are going to NPH Nicaragua, and also, they had a bigger group, not just two students and a chaperone).
After their trip, they led a community meeting to tell us about the trip.They talked about what they did in Tegulcigalpa and in the orphanage, the people they met and spoke with (specifically the kids at the orphanage and what they did with them) and also the experience of being in a country with a completely different culture, and speaking a different language. The eighth graders had nothing but good things to say about the kids, saying that they were so energetic and friendly. And how they loved to "ham it up" for the camera. And just to add on to all of that, the trip was a service trip, something very important to the community of my school and also to me. To me, as a sixth grader, and still now, it sounded like the greatest thing ever. At the beginning of sixth grade, I wasn't exactly excited about taking spanish as a language, I had hoped to continue with French but wasn't able to. Although, after just a month of spanish, maybe even less, I loved it! So the possibility of a trip where you speak spanish
all day long and get to talk and play with these awesome and energetic kids, sign me up! After that, I immediately started to save my babysitting money (by now I have enough to pay for my
plane tickets!)
So, then I waited for my turn and my parents, classmates and I began the planning. But it turned out to be a lot harder than I thought, there were so many things that we had to plan carefully because there could be liabilities. But those were nothing compared to the problems we had with making sure we had enough chaperones and people who wouldn't back out. And this was especially hard considering we have only sixteen kids in the grade! And then, on top of all of that, we had the problem of which orphange we were going to go to. Originally we planned to go to the NPH orphanage in Tegucigalpa, because we knew the people there and had gone before. But it just didn't work out. So, my mom and dad started calling around and trying to contact other people.
And that's how we came to Osman and NPH Nicaragua. I am very glad that we did! Osman has been great and told us everything we need to know. He has also reminded me of the reasons I originally wanted to participate in a trip like this with his stories of everyone at the orphanage.
Hace tres años en que este ha sido un sueño mio. Desde entonces los estudiantes del octavo grado de dos años pasados viajaban en un viaje similar, he querido para hacer algo como este. Las unicas diferencias de su viaje eran que tenian un grupo mas largo que nuestro (solemente tenemos tres personas) y fueron a Un orfanato en Tegucigalpa, Honduras en lugar de Nicaragua. Despeus de su viaje, nos hablaron en una reunion de comunidad. Hablaron de que hechan en Tegulcigapa y en el orfanato, hablaron de los niños y que hechan con ellos, y tambien de la cultura y la experiencia de hablar en español.Ademas, los estudiantes del octavo grado no tuvieron nada que cuentas excelentes de los niños y como son muy energeticos y agradables. A mi me oida como la mayor cosa para hacer. En la empieza del sexto grado, estaba de mal humor, porque mi escuela solemente tenia español, y queria continuar con frances, pero despues de una mes de español, ¡me ama! Entonces una viaje en que hablas con personas en español durante todo el dia, ¡que bueno! Y tambien puedes jugar con niños muy excelentes y agradables,¿que podria ser mejor? Yo empieze a guardar mi moneda de cuidar de niños inmediamente para ir en un viaje como este en dos años. (¡ya tengo sufficiente moneda para comprar mis billetes de avion!)
Bueno... entonces yo espere por mi turno y mis padres, campañeros de clase y yo empiezamos la planificacion. Pero era mas deficil que lo pensaba, habia muchas cosas que no
podemos hacer porque fueron propensiones. Pero, estos son mas pequeños que las problemas de personas. Porque para hacer este viaje, necesitaremos, primero: estudiantes, y segundo: compañatas. Pero cuando tienes diesiseis personas en tu grado,este es muy deficilpara hacer. Entonces tuvimos la problema de ¿que orfanto iban? Primero, ibamos al de Honduras porque lo conocemos. Pero no podiamos. Entonces, mi madre y padre buscaron para un orfanato que podemos ir a.
¡Y este es como encontramos Osman y NPH Nicaragua!¡Y estoy muy contento que lo icimos! Osman ha sido excelente y ha nos decido mucho del orfanato y todo que necesitamos saber. El Me recuerdo porque deseo ir en un viaje como este.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Our Trip, Nuestro Viaje
This April, from the eleventh to the seventeenth, my Dad, one of my classmates and I will be on a service trip in Nicaragua. While in Nicaragua, we will be volunteering at the NPH (Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos) Orphanage, which is twenty miles away from the capital of Managua. At the orpahage,we will help the younger kids with math, play with them after their classes, put in a garden (using the excellent skills we have learned from Senorita Asbeld) and much, much more! We hope to learn more about Nicaraguan culture and lifestyle, while also speaking in Spanish. And of course we will have a great time!
Today, the countdown begins. Fifteen days until the eleventh of April!
Desde el undecimo de abril al decimoseptimo de abril mi padre, mi campañero de clase Ally y Yo iremos a Nicaragua. Cuando estamos alli, vamos a trabajar en el orfanato de NPH (Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos). Vamos a ayudar los niños con matematicas en sus clases, jugar con ellos despues de sus clases, crear un jardin (con las habilidades excelentes que señorita nos los enseñamos), ¡y mucho, mucho mas!¡Tambien queremos aprender de la cultura y vida de Nicaragua!
Estoy muy emocionada para este viaje. Hace tres años que este ha sido un sueño mio y ¡finalmente es un realidad! ¡Hoy, el cuenta atras ha empezado! ¡Hay quince dias hasta el undecimo de abril!
(Lo ciento para los accentos, pero no podia encontrarlos en mi teclado.)
Today, the countdown begins. Fifteen days until the eleventh of April!
Desde el undecimo de abril al decimoseptimo de abril mi padre, mi campañero de clase Ally y Yo iremos a Nicaragua. Cuando estamos alli, vamos a trabajar en el orfanato de NPH (Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos). Vamos a ayudar los niños con matematicas en sus clases, jugar con ellos despues de sus clases, crear un jardin (con las habilidades excelentes que señorita nos los enseñamos), ¡y mucho, mucho mas!¡Tambien queremos aprender de la cultura y vida de Nicaragua!
Estoy muy emocionada para este viaje. Hace tres años que este ha sido un sueño mio y ¡finalmente es un realidad! ¡Hoy, el cuenta atras ha empezado! ¡Hay quince dias hasta el undecimo de abril!
(Lo ciento para los accentos, pero no podia encontrarlos en mi teclado.)
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