Elieth
This is Elieth. Russell used to teach her English so one day before he left she came in and asked me if I would be continuing the tradtion. I said sure, why not? And so began my English conversation group on Wednesdays at 5. Its open to anyone, but sometimes people are rather non comittal or embarrassed at the idea of speaking English with me. So Elieth and I had a solo session where we chatted about local medicinal plants and watched a clip from the movie No Reservations. She already asked me if we can do 2 sessions a week, I said Id think about it ;) I'm already committed to leading a yoga class on Tues and Thurs at 8 pm, which consists entirely of Dora's family members but soon the PEace Corps volunteer who works with Dora's english class may come join because she doesn't have enough room for warrior poses in her host family's house.
The Pacific Coast of Nicaragua was settled as a Spanish colony from Panama in the early 16th century. Independence from Spain was declared in 1821 and the country became an independent republic in 1838. Britain occupied the Caribbean Coast in the fir... ... read more 
