Recent posts from: Matagalpa1 – 6/07/2015


Interim Update #2


Hello family and friends! Excitingly for us, we had an amazing day in Nicaragua finishing up our CAP project and have an equally exciting day tomorrow that starts with a 6am wake up call and ends with us visiting an active (but not too active, we’ve been...

Dear Matagalpa, We’ll Be Back…


The sun rose on a brisk morning over the beautiful city of Matagalpa. Little did it know, but it would soon be over-run by M1A. We woke after a solid snooze at 8:00 to a delicious breakfast of piping hot pancakes. Now nourished, we were ready to take to the streets in...

Day 17: An Eruption of Fun!


Salutations friends and family back home. Today was our second fun day and as our title suggests it was super fun!  We started off the day at 6:00am and had a lovely breakfast of pastries, yogurt, and fruit on the bus going to Volcan Masaya in Granada.  It was a long...

Day 16: ‘Cap’ ping It Off


Today was the Final Countdown of the CAP Fence project (Shoutout to Dreamteam, Farrel and Raul for our wonderful idea!!!) It was a warm day today, with much to do in the morning. We woke up at 6:00 to the wonderful vocals of William singing the Circle of Life to every...

CAP Delivery: The Sequel (Day 15)


Greetings earthlings. Here in tropical Matagalpa M1A was n0t MIA and worked hard on the second day of the Community Action Project (CAP) delivery. When we got to the Hope Center, the poles we had placed were fully dried in the cement we had laid the day before. We...

CAP Delivery Day One


Greetings friends, family, and future Glimpsers! Our names are Jo Jo Wu and Chauncie Yu. We were the leaders of the day, we were in charge of CAP (Community Action Project) Day 1. Today, the delegation was able to accomplish part of the community project that is...

Day 13: Coffee, Coffee, and More Coffee


Today was Global Business Day for Global Glimpse. Since today’s theme was business, we had the opportunity to learn about Nicaragua’s biggest business, the coffee industry. We explored every aspect of the industry, from the farm to the consumer, and had a...