Hi, our names are Lauren and Eman, and today we were the leaders of the day! We started off by waking everyone up at 7:30, and ate pancakes for breakfast (no gallo pinto!!!!). After finishing our meal, we started writing letters of appreciation to donors/the people who made it possible for our delegation to be on this trip. Once we finished writing, we drove to a local hardware store and bought the supplies for our Community Action Project. Every delegation from Global Glimpse has the opportunity to give back to a local community. Our CAP is redesigning two rooms in a local school, San Pablo II, and building benches and shelves for the children to put supplies on. The moment we arrived at the school, we ate lunch (pasta salad, vegetables, bread, and drinks in a bag!!). After eating, we started painting and sanding/cutting wood to make furniture. After three hours of work, we headed back to Casa Roja, and had an hour to take showers or do English prep. Then, we had dinner (Gallo pinto, pupusa, salad, and a pineapple/rice drink). Soon after, we walked to the school where we get our English on!! We had a ton of fun, as usual, and played volleyball with our students. We also got to learn new words/phrases in Spanish. After dancing back to the hostel, we got into our nightly meeting, and passed the torch to tomorrow’s leaders of the day. What we really loved about today was seeing our whole delegation come together with community members to start producing a new environment for the school. Also, we enjoyed being able to witness the people smile at our work.
From Eman: miss you and love you mama! Having so much fun. Can’t wait to see you. (Heart emoji)
From Lauren: I miss everyone back at home!! Everyone here loves to dab and dance; I’m in heaven. Love you all.
Hi Alex,
Great CAP project! It’s nice to see you and your peers working together to create a pleasant environment for other students. Way to use your hands! Keep on building and connecting!
Love,
Mom
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Hi Abby,
Only five more sleeps left. We can’t wait to see you. Your CAP project looks pretty cool. It will probably make a big difference to the students. I can’t wait to see before and after pictures. We miss you so much. So Sarah sent me a text and said to say hello. My mom is in Seattle visiting Mimi so she isn’t sure if she’ll be able to send messages. You know her relic flip phone has no internet service, and she only owns a wired desktop computer. It won’t fit in her teeny carry on bag. She told me to tell you she loves you. Good night, sweet dreams, I love you.
Mom
Hi Alex!
We’ve been loving the blog with photos! Glad to see your CAP. It looks like your group made a noticeable contribution to the community.
Enjoy the days ahead and soak it all in.
Love,
Dad
I love the color of the piñata room!!!
Oh habebati I am so happy for you, I know with your beautiful smile those kids are smiling back at you. It must feel so rewarding giving back. We’re all so proud! Love you! We were hoping to see you in the picture. Next time iA. Love you
Hey Sabrina,
So cool to see you painting, you look happy! Its awesome to see you guys work hard to make something a better place for others! Great job guys – so inspired by all of you!
Miss you so much Sabrina, counting down the days till your home!
Love, Mom, Dad, Nick & Alex
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Can’t wait to see how your Community Action Projecf turns out. Only a few more days until your home. Enjoy every minute Lauren! Love you.
Great project, guys! Fun hand-ons kinda stuff. Keep up the dancing! Food sounds great 🙂 I see you, Sophy!!! Love, Mom xoxoxo
Mom, Adel, Hannah and I are so proud of you Eman to see you working with your teammates on a worthwhile endeavor, the CAP. What a fantastic and practical way to give back your hosting community. As your step Dad, I am especially proud of you to see you work with your hands crafting shelves for the local school.
I have been reading all the blogs that you and team have been posting and from what I read, you and your team members are truly the new generation and the New Global Citizens who see the whole globe as home and will travel thousands of miles to learn, lend an hand and give back to others no matter where they are on our Blue Plant.
Thank you all for inspiring us and giving us the optimism and hope that our world would be safe for generations to come because of you, the young, involved, participant and worldly generation.
Have a safe and rewarding journey and can’t wait to hearing all it when you come home safe and sound, in sha’Allah.
Love,
Ammo
Sophia,
This is what it is all about right? I am glad to see you have this wonderful opportunity
to learn, love and give back.
xoxo.
MOM
Hey Lauren!!
Sounds like your cap day one went well!! I can’t wait to see how it turns out!! Awesome blog!! I miss you.
Alison
The pictures are my favorite part of the blogs.
Hi Eman!
Khaloo and the kids and I miss you and can’t wait to see you when you get back. We’re excited to hear about your trip. So proud of you! See you soon ?
-Khala Neda