I finally booked my flight today!!!
I have a couple friends who do a missions trip in Nicaragua every year and have been inviting me the last couple years. I always seem to be busy and to be honest, I am a home-body. I like just chilling around the house because of how hectic my work schedule is when I am working. Well this year they set everything up way in advance and told me about it. I got to thinking, its about time I do something like this. So I booked it this morning before I had a chance to question whether or not this is out of my comfort zone ahahah
I will give some details and then ask some questions. I am sure there are a few guys on her who have been there for one reason or another.
We are staying in Popoyo for the entire week and doing all of our missions work through http://www.wavesoflove.org. The guys that I am going with are big California surfer guys so this is like heaven to them. Getting to surf and serve! I am not much of a surfer and I'm deathly scared of anything that swims with teeth hahaha so this will be an adventure for me. I promised them I would at least make an attempt to step out of my bubble. We are schedule to do 5 days of missions from about 10am-6pm (which allows them to get the morning and night surf). Our work will mostly consist of being around the kids (surf school, soccer etc.), handing out water filters and doing some work on family shelters that could use a little TLC.
We have one day, Wednesday, totally scheduled to do some touristy stuff. We have a 4x4 rented for the time that we are there, so we have a means of transportation.
My questions are:
Missions stuff:
What kind of things should I bring for the people in the community that I can bring in my suitcase? I have seen guys talk about deflated balls (going to do that), I thought about picking up a bunch of sandals of different sizes any other ideas would be awesome.
Would guys on here be interested in me couriering stuff down there for them? Don't need to. Just thought I would throw that out there since I know this community and how much you guys like to give. I would be more than willing to bring stuff down if you guys wanted to send something. PM me for my address
Cigar/tourist stuff:
Has anyone been to Popoyo? Anything in particular I should do/see? Any place to grab a few sticks around there or should I bring some?
Has anyone made the trip from Popoyo to Esteli? Online it says its 3 hours, my guess is that it will be a little more.
If I do make the trip, where should I go (cigar wise) and do I have to book in advance? Remember, I will only have 6-8 hours there after travel is calculated in.
Is there anything I am missing that I should be asking? I have my shots and meds all lined up so that is taken care of
Hoshy I will see if they have any Nica nipples clips down there for you hahah
Any help, info, tips would be greatly appreciated from you guys.
I have a couple friends who do a missions trip in Nicaragua every year and have been inviting me the last couple years. I always seem to be busy and to be honest, I am a home-body. I like just chilling around the house because of how hectic my work schedule is when I am working. Well this year they set everything up way in advance and told me about it. I got to thinking, its about time I do something like this. So I booked it this morning before I had a chance to question whether or not this is out of my comfort zone ahahah
I will give some details and then ask some questions. I am sure there are a few guys on her who have been there for one reason or another.
We are staying in Popoyo for the entire week and doing all of our missions work through http://www.wavesoflove.org. The guys that I am going with are big California surfer guys so this is like heaven to them. Getting to surf and serve! I am not much of a surfer and I'm deathly scared of anything that swims with teeth hahaha so this will be an adventure for me. I promised them I would at least make an attempt to step out of my bubble. We are schedule to do 5 days of missions from about 10am-6pm (which allows them to get the morning and night surf). Our work will mostly consist of being around the kids (surf school, soccer etc.), handing out water filters and doing some work on family shelters that could use a little TLC.
We have one day, Wednesday, totally scheduled to do some touristy stuff. We have a 4x4 rented for the time that we are there, so we have a means of transportation.
My questions are:
Missions stuff:
What kind of things should I bring for the people in the community that I can bring in my suitcase? I have seen guys talk about deflated balls (going to do that), I thought about picking up a bunch of sandals of different sizes any other ideas would be awesome.
Would guys on here be interested in me couriering stuff down there for them? Don't need to. Just thought I would throw that out there since I know this community and how much you guys like to give. I would be more than willing to bring stuff down if you guys wanted to send something. PM me for my address
Cigar/tourist stuff:
Has anyone been to Popoyo? Anything in particular I should do/see? Any place to grab a few sticks around there or should I bring some?
Has anyone made the trip from Popoyo to Esteli? Online it says its 3 hours, my guess is that it will be a little more.
If I do make the trip, where should I go (cigar wise) and do I have to book in advance? Remember, I will only have 6-8 hours there after travel is calculated in.
Is there anything I am missing that I should be asking? I have my shots and meds all lined up so that is taken care of
Hoshy I will see if they have any Nica nipples clips down there for you hahah
Any help, info, tips would be greatly appreciated from you guys.
