Recent posts from: Esteli1 – 06/27/2014


Final Reflection Day


Hey, my name is Clytie Robinson. I’m 17 years old and from Boston, Massachusetts. Today was our last full day in Esteli. We woke up at 7:00 and around 7:35 we headed to Alfrieditos for breakfast. Soon after we headed back to the hostal to begin our finial refection....

Cliff Diving


Dear Global Glimpse families, My name is Connor McGarty and today was my 17th birthday.   I am very grateful that I got to spend the day with all of the great people I met on the trip and that we got to experience the beauty of Nicaragua first hand in the Somoto...

C.A.P Delivery Day


Miguel- Hello my name is Miguel Sanchez.  I am 16 years old and I live in Oakland, California. I was the leader of the day for the CAP delivery day, and I as well as my fellow leader Lorena worked with our program managers to make sure we were on track to finish our...

First Day of CAP


Our day began by knocking on the doors at 6:45 am.  Getting reading to go eat some delicious pancakes for the long day ahead of us. We were able to spit into groups and effectively buy the rest of the supplies for the CAP project.  Soon after we had to put everything...

Free Day


Hello everyone. My name is Abdul Black. Today was our second free day.  It was very fun-filled. We had to wake up at  8.00 (the latest we’ve gotten to sleep on the trip so far). We went to breakfast, and immediately after we began our journey. For the most part,...

Monkeying Around


Bus rides and water fights, this day had it all. As our first designated Fun Day in Nicaragua, but certainly not the first day we had fun, we spent the day doing just that. Waking up at approximately 5:50am to begin our day, we pondered the question of whether we as a...

Working Like A Local


Hello Glimpser parents, my name is Andrew Madrigal here with my co-leader Maria Avelar. Today we were working like local Nicaraguan commune farmers under the hot sun for approximately 5 hours. As soon as we got off the bus, arriving at La Garnacha, we were split into...