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New Compañero

Changes were Wednesday! I am still in Boaco! And my podraste (father in law) se llama Elder Leiva. He is super nice and a hard worker, which is most important. He is from Guatemala too and guess what... He speaks English!!! Almost perfectly. My new compañero’s full name is Nery Josue Leiva...

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Elder Jonathan Hardy on January 17, 2011 from Boaco, Nicaragua

from the travel blog: Nicaragua Managua South Mission

The Flores Wedding and The District Convention

The Flores Wedding!!! Here comes a story. Last memorial season, a group from a congregation in Matagalpa came to distribute tracts in a rural community in this area. They travelled two hours by bus and then about ½ an hour on foot. (We didnt join them because it was before we lived...

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Shane Perry on December 10, 2010 from Matagalpa, Nicaragua

from the travel blog: Shane and Vanessa's Nicaraguan Adventure

Las Palmas

Josh's first area is Managua , Nicaragua. Arrival date 11/29/10

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joshweight on November 29, 2010 from Managua, Nicaragua

from the travel blog: Elder Weight's mission to Nicaragua, Managua

Boaco, Nicaragua

We are in a place called Boaco! It is beautiful! In the mountains in the jungle. So cool. The people are awesome. Our House is so nice we live under Beto´s Restaurant. They are members and feed us great food. My trainer is Elder José Patricio Coj Bocel. (Elder Coj). He is from Guatemala, it...

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Elder Jonathan Hardy on October 20, 2010 from Boaco, Nicaragua

from the travel blog: Nicaragua Managua South Mission

Arrival in Managua, Nicaragua

Arrived at the Managua Airport (MGA) at 8:00 pm! Flight: (AA) American Airlines 985 Departure Date: Mon Oct 18, 2010 Status: Landed 30 minutes late Airport: (MGA) Augusto C Sandino Airport City: Managua, NI Scheduled: 7:30 PM - Mon Oct 18, 2010 Actual: 8:00 PM - Mon Oct 18,...

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on October 18, 2010 from Managua, Nicaragua

from the travel blog: Nicaragua Managua South Mission

Spanish Pioneer School (2nd attempt!) & Seventh Anniversary

We went to Pioneer School in Spanish!!! (and this time we made it all the way through. A year ago, we tried to go through the class but after three days we were asked to go to Corn Island for a month because they didn't have any brothers to serve the congregation there.) There were 26...

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Shane Perry on October 8, 2010 from San Dionisio, Nicaragua

from the travel blog: Shane and Vanessa's Nicaraguan Adventure

The jungles of Costa Rica

Well, sorry it has taken so long to get going but we have been too busy having fun and getting to grips with the Central American ways!!! We arrived in San Jose now over a week ago to be greeted by prostitutes on the drive from the airport to the hostel! Nice! Was not all bad though as the...

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coopsandbets on September 18, 2010 from Granada, Nicaragua

from the travel blog: We are off to find the wizard!

aug 2010

Hi Everyone. It's time for our bi-anual blog update...*weak grin*. Sorry its been so long. We have a lot to catch up on. The first picture is when we went back to Jinotega on the bus. This is when the police stopped the bus and pulled of all the adult males. Shane said they made everyone...

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Shane Perry on August 12, 2010 from San Dionisio, Nicaragua

from the travel blog: Shane and Vanessa's Nicaraguan Adventure

Crossing the border Costa Rica-Nicaragua with new Serbian passport

A group of four boys was suddenly decided to visit Nicaragua. We went from Playa del Coco to our first destination of San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua.The group was happy boys of various nationalities, ages and origin. Indian guy born in Tanzania with USA passports, Tico with USA passport, a...

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garisha on June 5, 2010 from San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua

from the travel blog: Nicaragua

Avocados

Yesterday I was hungry. It was before school and I hadn´t any food to make breakfast so I decided to stop in the market on my way to the bus stop for some local goods. Now, I´m not a picky guy so I decided to just eat the first thing I saw that looked good. Remember, I was hungry too. So I...

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mls12 on May 28, 2010 from Granada, Nicaragua

from the travel blog: Volunteering with La Esperanza Granada in Granada, Nicaragua

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