Sept.+Letters+from+La+Danta+in+English


 * Note: There is no middle school in Nicaragua. There is preschool, then first to sixth grade in elementary school, and then five years of high school!


 * For Holden**

Hi, the school where I study is called Christ the King. There are several students. We have male and female teachers. In school we do cleaning chores and we reforest, planting tomatoes, orange squash and green peppers.

It is a pleasure and I am happy to have received your letter and photo. Likewise, I hope that you will be happy when you receive my letter and photo. I hope you keep writing to me. I am twelve years old and in fifth grade.

From, Bianca D. Anduray


 * For Noe**

Hi, my name is Irenia. Here at Salomon de la Selva High School we enjoy playing soccer. It´s the most fun game to play during recess. I am thirteen years old and in my first year of high school. The school is very pretty because it has a lot of decorations and here we also take a lot of tests, but I like it because we are learning many things so that I will be able to work doing something I like. The games we play are soccer, baseball, basketball and other things. The only thing is that the balls we use aren't hard because they aren't in the school's budget. The balls we play with are all flat.

My parents names are Gleni and Nicanor and I have a sister named Selenia. My parents are so poor that I think this will be the only year I will be able to study.

Sincerely, Irenia Ivet Zuniga Amador


 * For Michael**

Hi, my name is Juan Ramón Zuniga Diaz. Regarding your questions, I'll give you my answers:


 * I have fun playing soccer with all of my friends. We gather at the soccer field.


 * We here in Nicaragua eat rice, beans, and tortillas.

And like you said, if I could come to your town, I would really like it, so I could get to know where you live better.

I am in my second year of high school.

I have two sisters, my mom and my dad, so I have 5 people in my family.

The place where we live is a small and simple community. You are invited to come here whenever you want. My family and I will receive you here with open arms. I hope we keep in touch. It would make me happy.

Sincerely, Juan Ramón


 * For Karen**

9/2/10

La Danta, Nicaragua

For my great new friend Karen,

A very special greeting from your friend Karina. Karen, I hope that when you get this letter, it finds you in good health, surrounded by your parents and other important people in your life. After this short and caring greeting, I move on to the next part:

Karen, it was a great pleasure to receive your picture. I have felt so proud to know that starting today, September 2nd, begins a great love and relationship with you and I want to tell you some things about my life.

Karen, I am a ten-year-old girl. I will be eleven on December 11th. I want you to know that I am in fourth grade and I love to draw and I also love books, but economically I am poor, so I've never had the chance to have things to draw with. Also, I've never had a storybook, but I love that my grandparents and my mom tell me stories that they know by memory. Karen, I want you to know that where I live is a very beautiful place. My school is two kilometers away from my house. I live in a very humble house, but with a beautiful garden and I hope to have you here sometime so you can get to know my house where I live. I want to tell you that since I have the photo you sent, I will be thinking about you a lot. When you have another chance, I'd like you to send a very beautiful letter. This is all I can write to you right now. Karen, I don't say good bye, but until soon.

Signed, Karina


 * For Bryan**

9/3/10

Hi, my name is Yorlenis Karina. I am twelve years old. In our community we have electricity. The place where I live is beautiful. There are birds in thousands of different colors, and animals--cows, dogs, parakeets, goats, horses, deer. The mountains are beautiful, and the forests and rivers. I hope that you come to visit my community. I was happy that you wrote a letter and that I got it. I hope you send another one. Your first letter was pretty, and so was what you talked about in the letter.

I am studying and in my first year of high school. I want you to come visit, the doors are open here for you. I would like to get to know where you live and see bears, buildings, and where you live. Send another photo if you can.

Bye, Yorlenis


 * For a student in Colorado**

Hi, my name is Dariana Moreno. Here in Nicaragua we play baseball because during recess it is the most fun game. I am 11 years old and in fifth grade. I would like to know what subject you study the most at your school. Because here in Nicaragua the subject we study the most is math. Also, I would really like to get to know children from a school in the United States. I hope this dream can become a reality.

Bye and until soon, Dariana


 * For Robert**

September 2, 2010

Hi, my name is Jorlenis Vaneza Rueda. I am 10 years old. I am in third grade and I also love sports and my favorite sport is soccer. Five days ago, I played soccer with my friends. I hope one day we can meet. It was a pleasure to get to see your photo and it was a pretty picture. Take care and enjoy playing your sport.

May God bless you, your family and your friends' paths.

Thanks, until soon, Jorlenis Vaneza Rueda

September 2, 2010

Hi! Robert, it was a pleasure to get your photo and I hope to find this letter finds you doing well, enjoying great health. My name is Narciso Antonio Ramirez and my favorite sport is also baseball. In fact, we are forming a team now.

You can call me at 8997-7377. It was a pleasure to write to you. May God keep you and bless you. And I hope you are enjoying baseball.

Thanks, Narciso Antonio Ramirez


 * For Mirian**

September 2, 2010 La Danta

Hi, my esteemed sister and pen pal. My name is Sobeyda Patricia Olivas. In my family, there are 5 members, including my mom. Three of my siblings are in school also, 1 girl and 2 boys. They are under 10 years old. I am 13 and go to school on Saturdays. I walk 4 kilometers to get to school. I am in my first year of high school. I was so happy to receive your photo and hear your thoughts and questions. Here I think I will continue studying with a scholarship, even though I don't have some school materials and my brothers and sister as well. I hope you will come here sometime to get to know us better and we can talk about elementary and high school. I am sending this letter to you through the people who are serving like a bridge for us. I can't send you a physical photo, but I send you my best feelings as a pen pal.

Bye, may God bless you and me, Sobeyda Patricia Olivas R.


 * For Jose**

9/3/10

Hi, my name is Elisabeth Varela. I am 15 years old and in my second year of high school. For me, I am so happy to study because it's the future of tomorrow. I was very happy to receive your letter because no one has ever written me. Your letter was an inspiration to me. It has filled my heart with hope, and I hope it is not the last one, but that you keep writing to me so that we keep in touch. I hope you keep doing well at school and you know what, my favorite sport is soccer, too.

I say good bye to you with a kiss and hugs, From your friend Elisabeth Varela, until soon