Greetings from Nicaragua!!

This is my first time coming to Nicaragua, and it has been very unlike anything I had imagined. The heat is crazy intense, especially for a New Yorker like myself. I feel as though I need to be spinning constantly, like a rotissarie chicken, in order to be cooked evenly.
This past day I worked with other members of the team on constructing rebar that will be used on the house we are helping construct. We were bending rusty metel rods into triangles, and tying them to rusty rebar pieces with rusty wire (Yes, we have all had our tetnus shots). Many times the group discussed how you would never find a group of inexperienced young people constructing rebar in the United States. But that is one thing that I am finding on this trip, not only are we helping others through service but we are doing it in ways that seem very foreign to me, and I am learning in the process. I am looking forward to the rest of the week to see what we can accomplish and what else I might learn.