Getting Settled
Greetings from Rivas, Nicaragua! I arrived here on Monday afternoon, and I am currently living with a community of three Dominican Friars. I am extremely grateful for this community and the way that they have accepted me like another brother in these past couple of days. Below are the three friars from left to right: Fray Carlos Aldana, the principal of the school Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Fray Fernando, a teacher at the school and a Ph.D. student, and Fray Carlos Irías the president of the Dominican college that is next to our house. Before I write anything more about my experiences thus far in Nicaragua, I think chronologically speaking it would make more sense to address my travels here. On Sunday afternoon about twelve hours before I was supposed to go to Logan Airport, I received a WhatsApp message from Fray Carlos Aldana saying, “It would be best if you could postpone your trip for 15 days because there are road blocks, and it is difficult to access the airport.” Unfortun