It’s your current liders del día, Haley and Josie. Today was a very hectic day, being the last execution day for our CAP project. Wake up call was at 6:30 in the morning, but luckily we woke up to the smell of pancakes cooking for breakfast. After the chow down, we headed on over to ADIC to finish our CAP project. We had a lot to do with our remaining 6 hours of work time: the murals needed to be finished, the pathways cleaned, the cabinets painted and the tools washed. However, the gardening crew ran into some roadblocks. The rain had washed away the paint from the tiles and left them brown and muddy. The group tried scraping off the mud with shovels, toothbrushes and even used poster paper, but nothing was working. Eventually the group came to a decision after scrambling to find a solution. Using spray paint, the pathway was repainted and finished (finally). After a couple hours of hard work, we headed back to the hostel for lunch. Our amazing cooks prepared yet another delicious meal of chicken with a mushroom and cheese sauce. Once lunch was finished, most of the glimpsers KO’d and took their daily allotted nap. Then, the clock struck 1:45 PM and it was time for all the Sleeping Beauties to awaken and get back to the work grind at ADIC (because the grind only stops for 1 and a half hours).
Fast forward 15 minutes and the 22 dwarves are back at ADIC to work. Due to our advanced Hi-Ho skills we finished 95% of our project and all that was left to do after lunch was the cleanup. Coming together as one whole group, we were able to clean up the area fairly quickly. Our CAP project was completely finished after 3 days of blood, sweat and tears. After what was probably a solid 30 minutes of paparazzi (aka Herhusky, Marisa and Cynthia T) taking pictures of us, we went inside for a special treat from the ADIC staff. Silda and the other workers provided us with pizza and orange juice and a little Spanish music to celebrate the occasion. Then we walked back to the hostel to scarf down our dinner, despite having just eaten pizza. Nothing will stop us growing kids from eating more food!!
Our next destination for the day was to San Luis Private School for our final English tutoring class. In the classes, we all had talent shows and some groups even had a potluck (with the help of our awesome program coordinator Julianna). Students from the tutoring classes caused some teary eyed glimpsers with their emotional goodbyes and sentimental gifts. Many of our glimpsers received keychains, letters, bracelets and more from their students. Overall, t’was an emotional night.
Speaking on behalf of all our glimpsers, the CAP is something that we can take back home with us. It will remind us the importance of giving back to the community, along with so many other key life lessons. Today was definitely one of the crazier ones, but tonight the glimpsers can sleep a little better knowing there’s a fun filled free day coming their way.
PS: Happy early Father’s day, Arnie.
PS: You too, Duc.
Congratulations to all for a job well done on your CAP project and on your tutoring sessions! You should all be very proud of yourselves for all you’ve done and for all you’ve experienced! Have a fun filled day tomorrow! Take in all you can for the remainder of your days there! Love you Marisa! We are so proud of you! Sending you lots of hugs and kisses!! Cant wait to see you! Mama and Dad!
We have not been nearly as productive! You seem to accomplish so much, busy all day! Have a great final few days!
Congratulations to all of you for job well done! It looks great. Enjoy your final day!
Looking forward to seeing you soon Tanya!!
Hola Gabby and the Matagalpa M1A Crew. Thank you for sharing your final CAP 3 Day. Wow, the mural is fantastic and we especially like the Global Glimpse Hot Air Ballon too! The garden is so Beautiful with the brightly colored tiles just like the Matagalpa buildings. We are very impressed with your attention to details!!!….We can feel your sad emotions as you say good bye to the ADIC children & Staff, Silda, and your english lesson students. Enjoy your last days of your enlightening, impactful, meaningful and awesome trip. Your crew should be proud of your tremendous accomplishments. Miss u Gabby! Love Dad
The mural and garden are absolutely beautiful! Great job! So colorful and cheerful! So impressed!!!!!!!!
Missing my Charley badly! I’d love to hear from you! I know it’s hard. Can’t wait to hear all about.
Hola Maria!!! Me da gusto verte. Anna ya salio de vacaciones. Los guys ya han tenido algunas water balloon fights. Little Leo esta enfermo, tiene infeccion de oido. Ya esta tomando antibioticos y dice que te manda besos y abrazos (dice que Maria esta en su taragua LOL) Esta semana ha estado llena de diversas emociones. Varios maestros de Dorsa se fueron. Todos los de quinto grado se fueron por diferentes razones. Tres o cuatro otros se jubilaron entre ellos Ms. LeGrandre. Nos fuimos a despedir de ella y te manda muchos saludos. Ahorita Anna, Luis y Dereck andan volando con los scouts en Hillview airport. Te extrañamos mucho, disfruta de tus últimos dias allá, saludos desde acá.
Love U y no olvides mi postal ??
Lol Haley. Thanks for the early Father’s Day greeting. Miss you!
Thanks for sharing. Glad to hear you and the Glimpsers are creating lasting memories. Wonderful job on the mural and garden.