Bienvenidos Nuevos!

This past weekend we welcomed our second group of Summer Interns into the Manna house. They have already jumped into helping with programs, running summer camp, and getting to know our families here in Nica. They come with energy, passion, and so many great ideas for impacting this community in their short time of service. We are grateful for their presence and hopeful of all they will do in the next few weeks with us!

Be sure to check out the "Summer" tab (above) to hear their personal accounts of their adventures here in Nica! 

Farewell Kiely

We are sad here in Nicaragua to bid farewell to one of our year-long Program Directors, Kiely. She has added so much to our family and community over the past 11 months and we're just so thankful. She has served here with MPI teaching Level 5 English, Sexual and Reproductive Health, and Women's Exercise, as well as working in our Child Sponsorship, jewelry, and girls' sports programs. She invested herself in this organization, this house, and this community with gusto, and we will miss her! Best of luck at the Fletcher School, Ky!

Summer Camp

How is it already June?! No one around here can believe how fast time is flying both with our Manna year and with this first group of Summer Interns.

Over the past three weeks, the Summer Interns have been hosting a summer camp for all of our children in Cedro Galan. Four days a week the kids come to Farito for an hour long camp session, where they do anything from playing games to doing crafts. It has been excited to watch our interns get to know the kids so well and to spend such a focused amount of time investing in them. We're thankful for their energy and the opportunity it has given us to encourage creativity and community in our kids through Summer Camp.

Some of their projects have included drawing pictures of things they dream about, creating a collective landscape banner, making predictions/goals about who they want to be in the future, and various Mother's Day crafts. We are looking forward to the things they have planned for their last week. The kids will continue to have camp in El Farito during the week, with a large field day planned at El Salero for Thursday afternoon.

Happy Mother's Day!

Today we celebrated Nicaraguan Mother's Day within our communities!!

In La Chureca this morning, PDs and Summer Interns visited each of our families to deliver a small card and some treats to each of our Child Sponsorship mothers. All too often in this culture mothers shoulder most of the responsibility to raise their children and run their homes, so it meant a great deal to us to use this time to applaud their efforts and encourage them. We were met with many hugs and grateful smiles as our attentions turned from their children to them as mothers and women.

After comedor (feeding program) in Cedro Galan, the summer interns threw a Mother's Day party with the kids participating in Summer Camp. They brought their mothers to class today for a dance party and cake, and we able to give their mothers handcrafted gifts made during Summer Camp the past week.


We're so thankful for our mothers here in Nica, both those we are learning from and those who've adopted us during our year. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

Welcome Summer Interns!

There has been a breath of fresh air here in the Manna House and we call them Summer Interns! We are excited for their service with Manna and their presence in our communities. We have added a new page to our blog where you can find updates written by our interns about their experience in Nicaragua. Click on the tab labeled "Summer" for information about the program and to hear stories from our interns.