Recent posts from: Leon – 06/25/2013


Parents, Reminder to be at the airport


The Leon June 25th group will be arriving tomorrow night/Tuesday early morning at 12am. I know you are all as eager to see your child after 3 weeks as they are ready to see you. We will be going through customs and we plan to be done by 12:30 am. Please arrive no...

Started from the bottom, now we´re here


As the day comes to a close, we´re all getting ready for bed, taking pictures, and probably doing some last minute packing and struggling to make everything fit. It´s so unbelievable that today is our last full day in Nicaragua and it will be a while until we´re all...

Fun day 2.0


Yesterday was our second to last day here in Nicaragua. It seems unreal that this trip is coming to an end, but I know that we’ve all gained some valuable lessons from our experiences. Yesterday was another fun day! We ate like queens and kings at the Playa...

A Dimming Flame


From business and microfinance seminars to a shirmp larvae factory and the beach, the day was filled with excitement and a looming bittersweet feeling. Like any other day, breakfast was served at the infamous Quiero Mas, and was preceded by a group discussion on the...

We´ve left our mark here.


Conserving gloopy paint. Climbing wobbly ladders. Sponging absorbant walls. Three walls anticipating signifigance. Two rooms hungry for cheerfulness. After six long hours of hard work for our community action project at Barriletes, we finished! As a group, we took on...

Los Barriletes Community Action Project


Today we began our project at a site called ¨Los Barriletes.¨ As leader of the day, my work was to make sure everyone was having a good time and staying positive about the project. When we arrived to the site, we split among our selected groups. Each group had a...

Adventure Day. Climbing the Volcano Cerro Negro


Today started like most other days except for the fact that we had a camera crew following us around to make a video about Global Glimpse. We woke up at our regular time of 7:15 and went to breakfast at our favorite restaurant Quiero Más. Before leaving a few members...