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We started school again this Monday with almost half of the volunteer group being new. Even though the new volunteers don’t know the kids personalities or the school routine yet so far things have been going really well. I think this has to do with two things: one they are all fresh volunteers who are excited to work and two it seems like we have a bit older group, not so many 18-20 year olds, whom are taking initiative with the kids and activities. As the “main take initiative planning committee” Stefan, Anna, Ryan and I we all agreed this is a nice change for the better.

Anyways, just when we felt like our plate was a little less full Pauline asked Ryan to be La Esperanza’s new baseball coach. I guess the Normal La Esperanza baseball coach decided he could not do it this year. It is a totally last minute deal cause before their first game THIS SATURDAY Ryan has to collect the baseball equipment (already owned by La Esperanza), order uniforms (being pay for by a donor) and most importantly recruit kids from San Ignacio and have a practice. Even though he is a bit stressed out with the limited time Ryan is super excited about it all. Full of enthusiasm and all smiles. He said he thinks the hardest part is going to be figuring out what rules they actually play here in Nicaragua cause they’re not the same as America Baseball; which we figured out when we went to play with the kids over the Christmas break. That and probably trying to coach in Spanish. Either way it should be a really fun challenge for him.

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ryan & debbrial on January 5, 2010 from Granada, Nicaragua

from the travel blog: Us Discovering the Latin Americas

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