Recent posts from: Trip Blogs 2017


Immigration Day


Hey everybody! It’s Henrietta and Alex here 🙂 Today was Immigration Day and we learned about immigration between the Dominican Republic and Haiti. We started off the day at 7 am to travel to Batey Palave. A batey is where immigrants reside. Us Glimpsers...

G1C Flight Return Information


Hello Family and Friends of G1C Glimpsers, We know you all are excited for the return of the students, so here are some reminders about their flight information: The students will be arriving at SFO at 12:15 am on August 6 on AV 560 into the International Terminal....

CAP Day 2


Finally! My time to be Lider del Dia! Today was the second day of our Community Action Project at Barrilete, and we got a lot done! The tire fence is all painted–pink, yellow, blue and purple–and so is the kitchen, half blue and half yellow. Sam and Jenny...

Education Day


  HOLAAAAAA FAMILAS Y AMIGOS :)))) As leaders of the day we woke up bright and early at four fifteen AM but we were ready to lead the day with positive energy! We woke everyone else up at five o’clock AM which you can imagine waking up your own kiddos can be a...

Day 9 – Fun Day!


Saludos! This is Ayla and Dillen, today’s LDDs! Today we spent our time at the beautiful Somoto Canyon. After an early morning and a long – but scenic – bus ride, we made it to the town of Somoto, where we collected our gear (life jackets) and then started our...

CAP Day 2 Execution


Today we woke up at 6:45am for breakfast at the usual spot at Cafe Del Tren. After breakfast we headed to Casa De La Mujer for our second CAP Day which was also our last day at Casa De La Mujer. The whole group worked hard as a team to finish up the rooms and clean up...

We Made it Safely To Riobamba!


It’s hard to believe that 24 hours ago, 24 strangers met in JFK airport and began this journey to Ecuador together.  People often say that if you really want to get to know someone, you should travel with them.  After spending one day with our new Glimpsers,...