Day 2

Spent the morning at Sagrado Corazon primary school in Chacraseca. Three years ago, we funded the building of a wall in the building to seperate grade levels, helped install a garden, and painted a mural. We've come back every year, with not much to offer except our presence, a few activities, and this time, a quick game of freeze tag (or perro conjelado as we called it). As usual, the teachers and students graced us with their words of appreciation and smiles. We remain connected to Sagrado because we hope to offer it a more structured academic program as we try to expand our financial resources.

In the afternoon we started working on our main project for this trip, helping the secondary school students we sponsor collect the oral history of Chacraseca, an exploration of the vast wisdom that lies within community but that must be dug out, shaped and shared. In some preliminary meetings, we sat with the students as they worked out interview questions and identified the elders with the richest stories to tell. At the end of the day, we gave ourselves a treat, traveling 45 minutes north to Chinandega to hear Aaron Urroz, our friend and great supporter, sing in his university choir at this magnificent old church.