Recent posts from: Trip Blogs 2014


Welcome to León!


  ”Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain  ...

Fun Day: Hiking Cerro Negro


Did today rock? You don’t even have to ash! Greetings from Leon! On our second to last full day here in Nicaragua, we hiked up Cerro Negro and volcano-boarded down. We kicked off the day with an early morning start at 7AM. After getting ready, we walked to...

CAP Project Day II


Today was a long day… We woke up early, showered, and went to breakfast. Afterwards we went to “El Ministerio de la Familia” to finish up the CAP project we started yesterday. We worked tirelessly for about 4 hours and then had lunch before working...

CAP Project Day 2


Hi everyone! This is Becky and Olivia blogging about Day 15-CAP Project part 2. After a hard day of work yesterday, everyone, or mostly everyone, had a good night’s rest for the last leg of the race to the finish line. In the morning, we had probably one of the...

Reflection Day


For our final day together in Granada, we woke up at 7:00 AM. We had pancakes for breakfast. Afterwards, we wrote our final draft letters to our supportive donors. Then, we had free time until lunch, where we were served rice with chicken. We had a final reflection...

Heart Dance of Day 16


Today was a hard dance for me as leader of the day because as the choreographer I was not allowing myself to learn from others. I, Bethany Williams, picked day 16 to be leader because it was the LAST DAY for the Community Action Project and I was really interested in...

Final Day of Trip


Today is the 17 of July, 2014 and it’s the final night of this amazing Global Glimpse trip to Bonao. My name is Jonah Kirumira, resident of Malden, MA, USA and this entire trip has been an immense learning experience for not only me but all of my peers that I met and...