Today Glimpsers and their respective leaders began their first reality challenge by traveling to the Llano Grande community, located 30 minutes from the hostel.
During the bus ride, Glimpsers got a chance to discuss their feelings about meeting their families with their group members. Some shared feelings of fear and anxiety while others felt excited and optimistic. At Llano Grande, Glimpsers spent the day with their assigned families. They shared a meal together, played futbol, and even worked with the families. Many students created meaningful relationships with the locals, especially the children, through insightful conversation and fun activities (one of which included a big family reunion and pinata bashing!) On our travels back to the hostel, several of the children ran after the bus because they didn’t want us to leave.
Later in the afternoon, Glimpsers prepared for English tutoring at San Pedro University. They created lesson plans, activities using index cards, and games for their classes. The classes were full of people ranging from young children to adults. After swallowing their fear of failure, Glimpsers interacted with their students by encouraging them to ask questions and speak up.
This was a great first experience for many of the Global Glimpsers, as they will continue to develop their lesson plans and public speaking skills in the next two weeks (Pictures coming soon!).
Wow what a day Jay-R! I’m so glad you that got to experience firsthand what living on a $1 a day is like. I know that you must have enjoyed your time with the families especially the children. I can’t wait to hear about how your time as an educator is going. Good luck with the class! Love you!
Ally. You held a chicken!!! Way to get out of your comfort zone. All’s well here. Off to Chicago for 2 days. Carly, Dad and Teddy are home. We’re enjoying all of you’re learning and doing. Keep those pictures coming. Love, Mom
What else can I say? What a beautiful experience. Thank you for these amazing descriptive blogs. Really makes me feel like I am there. Love the pictures. You are all doing such an incredible job. Alma, of course you know what I am going to say next. We miss you and love you very much. Mommy and Daddy. Tigger too.
What an amazing day!!! It brought tears to my eyes reading today’s blog and seeing the pictures. You guys are doing a beautiful thing. I am so proud of you!
Jaz, mama is trying to send you a message lol try to call her if you can.
Keep up the good work, I love you Jaz….
Wow this is heartwarming. I’m so proud of you Noe! Of everyone really! I hope that day made people feel really grateful for what they have back home. Noe I miss you so much! Jayden and my mom also miss seeing you around. I sent video messages through Skype if on one of your free days you’ll like to view them and send one back ? But good luck everyone on teaching English for the next two weeks. You guys are making such a positive impact on the world! Noe keep on smiling love you.
what a challenging day …. I bet you were all excited to meet and spend the day with different families…I guess for me I would say …$1.00 per day…really?…pictures are fabulous…so lush and colorful. I need a pic of Michelle! Xoxo
What a great experience to interact with the locals. Not only teach them but also learn from them. We take so much things for granted. We don’t need much to be content. Peter Singer couldn’t have said it any more clearly in his NY Times article: “so much of our income is spent on things not essential to the preservation of our lives and health”
I love you Jazmine! I’m so proud of you and the entire posse 😉 God bless you and remember everything we do is for our own good and humanity. God gives us the tools and we must accomplish His mission.
Hi G! I can’t wait to hear all about this experience. It’s important to recognize how much you can learn from these families and acknowledge the privileges you have back home, both in NY and PR. These pictures beautiful. Love Mami
“Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.” -camille pissarro
Beautiful post Kaylene and Karen!! Thank you for all the details about your day. I’m so proud of you Kaylene and your fellow glimpsers. Love all the pics…Sounds like you guys had a great experience getting to know the families and spending time with them and learning about their everyday way of living. Hope to see you in more pictures..miss you!! Love Titi
I look forward to reading this everyday I cant say enough how proud I am of all of you the courage & heart you all have is such a breath of fresh air for me as a parent. keep up the good work & keep posting the pictures I love them & hearing about the children running after the bus had me in tears. God will surely bless all of you – please tell Sophia I miss her so much xoxo
Looking at these pictures and seeing you all adapting to a culture that you are not familiar with is so inspiring! So very proud of you all and this wonderful work that you’re doing! It amazes me how we can all look up and see the same sky and on the other hand live so differently! Loving all the pictures! Hugs and kisses Sophia!
Hey Glimpsers, yesterday was so awesome! I was so proud of you all for interacting and bonding so much with your families. I wanted to leave you a little note since sometimes we can’t make it to the nightly meetings. Thanks for inspiring me every day! Get some rest 🙂
Dunia (Kaylene’s aunt)
Dear Kaylene
I’m so proud to see all you have accomplished with your hard work. What you and your fellow glimpses are doing is incredible and these pictures are great for showing that. I can’t wait to hear all the stories. And don’t forget safety first. Always thinking about you!
So excited to see Elizabeth’s smiling face in the photos!! I hope all the Glimpsers and GG leaders are having a great time, seems like an amazing journey. You are all an inspiration. Lizeth & Elizabeth: I can’t wait to hear all about your adventures, continue to push yourselves each day. The time goes by so fast!!
-Ms Page (aka Heather)
It’ is great to see how you are sharing your knowledge with the people of Nicaragua. I am very impressed and so proud of you.
Always remember that we love you.