Hi Everyone! Today was the last day to complete the final CAP Project, which included painting the inside and outside of the classrooms and fixing the trail. We started off the day with a 6 AM wake up call and at 8 AM we headed over to the Special Needs School to get a head start on the project. Again, we split into the painting team and the trail team because we knew that we had a lot of work left to do. The management team went out to buy the remaining supplies we needed to accomplish the work.
For the painting team, we needed more paint rollers, brushes, and thinner because in the previous days we found it difficult to reuse the tools without smearing different colors of paint around the walls. We delegated our work equally by having some people working on the last internal classroom and finishing the two walls left on the outside. It was important that we had a rotational system when working because the fumes easily caused us to have headaches and feel dizzy. We painted all morning and all afternoon, and ended up finishing everything around 3:00 PM.
The trail team gathered blocks of cements from one place to another for the trail with a wheelbarrow and used a long wooden plank to ensure that we were placing the blocks in a consistent straight line. It was a highly intensive day because we had to use multiple people when moving blocks to their respectful places. We were shocked to find tarantulas living under the cement blocks and seeing huge moths on the ceilings of the classrooms. We also had to carry large slabs that the original trail consisted of and level it with the blocks of cement, which meant that we had to do a lot of soil digging. During the break, people were able to drink lots of water as well as interact with the children by playing soccer or running around. It really allowed us to feel rewarded and motivated to work to accomplish our CAP Project. Once the blocks were all set to its place we mixed cement to intact all the blocks and slabs together. Finally, with all the help we were able to finish the trail as well as the painted rooms with people alternating.
After everyone was finished with the project, we were able to bring Blanca Rosa to the painted classrooms to see her reaction. We took multiple pictures with Blanca Rosa as well as the whole team in front of our accomplished walls. For the trail team we decided to leave behind a bracelet under one of the blocks on the trail that had our Global Glimpse slogan De Humo written on it, in commemoration of all of our hard work.
Once the CAP Project was finished we headed back to our hostel to change and get ready for English Tutoring. Most groups did not have a lesson planned so they talked and brainstormed with their students about the Talent Show that will be happening tomorrow. There was a lot of dancing and singing among all of the groups, which was a great way to wrap up the entire day! Hope you enjoyed learning about today 🙂
Awesome!
Hello GG TEAM!
Ok, did you really say “Tarantula”!!!!! Ok, that is going above and beyond the scope of work in my option. But I bet some of you thought it was pretty cool to see a really big spider.. Hopefully it ended well for you all. Thank you for the post again today, I look forward to hearing about your daily adventures.
Brittany, we can hardly wait to tell you all about what has been going on since you left. Natasha is driving me NUTS!!!!!! lol She misses you soooooooo much, but not as much as I do. See you soon.
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Mom
good thing you had the services of brittany’s bugs begone
Thanks for the descriptions of your daily activities. I am glad you gave a hard surface to the path, that will make it long lasting. I am impressed. Great effort everyone, very proud of you all working as a solid team.
I would love to be present at the Talent Show. I am sure there is a lot of talent in the group. Good luck and enjoy your last days in Leon.
Buen viaje de regreso. Abrazos desde California.
Hi Isabelle (Jia)!!!
Great blog post baby (and Shenna)- I like the smiley face at the end. You’ve gotta tell me how you were able to face your fears with the tarantulas and moths. Good luck with the talent show tomorrow: I know you’re going to do great and you may have to sing it again for me when you get home. I found a really good boba place (even though they don’t have any jasmine green milk tea) in Chinatown right next to my hotel, so I’m definitely going to take you there if we’re ever in New York together. I hope the food’s been good in Nicaragua, especially the *rice and plantains* (which you didn’t talk about). It’s ok though, I still love you and I can’t wait to see you in just a little over a day.
Hey Brit, Mom and Natasha are now counting down the hours until you get home, we all can’t wait to hear your stories from this wonderful trip.
It sounds like you all of had a very rewarding and hard working week.
See you soon. Denice
Hi, Isa (Isabelle)!
Wow, it was so great to see the picture of you painting the walls of the classroom, blue!! What an amazing Community Project that you all pulled together on and worked so hard on to help the students with the improvements to their school! You and your group have given such LOVE to the new friends you have made in Leon. It is amazing that you have packed in so many exciting and forever memorable experiences each day during your whirlwind 2 weeks. Your papa was so sad that he missed your call or attempt to contact him on Sunday! He can’t wait to hear all about your trip, and I as well, as soon as you get home. I know you will be very busy tomorrow, packing, and getting ready to travel. See you tomorrow night at airport! I wish all of your group comfortable and safe flights! I hope! you are able to read this blog comment before you leave, but, if not, you can read it when you get home. Every night I have enjoyed reading the blogs & keeping up with your daily activities. Soon after you get home we can go to that 3rd Nicaraguan restaurant, that we didn’t try, in “the Mission” of San Francisco to eat some more of the gallo pinto, queso fritos, yuca frita, and maduros (fried plantains) that you have come to love! I can’t wait to hear all about your 2 weeks!!
with All my LOVE, ALWAYS, Mom, see you soon!
P.S. Don’t forget the alarm clock! 🙂
Eli and Pablo!
Hey guys, it’s your ambassador Emma! I hope you both are having a wonderful trip and I’m excited to hear all about it when you get home. Sorry I’m commenting so late, I meant to comment earlier in your trip but as you may know I’m not very organized. Anyways, I’m so proud of you both. From reading the blogs it sounds like you both did pretty great as the leaders of the day. Ok that’s all for now so I hope you have a good rest of your trip.
Sending lots of love from the Bay!
Emma Rusin