Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 06/06/2014 by Carina Dengler
Most of you have probably heard that more than half of the delegation spent the day in the clinic today with a stomach bug. We have taken advantage of the unfortunate situation by learning about the Dominican health care system! Students are improving quckly with...
Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 06/06/2014 by Carlos Tapia and Reanna Lao
Today’s challenge was to experience living with only one dollar. Basically the challenge was that our group would have to live without any electricity and running water starting from last night’s meeting. Each Glimpsers received only one bucket to fill up...
Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 06/06/2014 by Nick S. and Jason C.
Buenos Noches from San Juan! Here is a recap of our amazing day as “El Lider Del Dia” (Leader of the Day) and the day was themed “Education Day.” This morning our group had a couple of early bird athletes and they ran about 4 miles. Next up we...
Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 06/06/2014 by Matthew L.
Hola! This is Matthew, one of your two GG Leaders. Today started off at 8:00am (5:00am Pacific Standard Time) with breakfast at Onaney Restaurant, followed immediately by our culture seminar lead by myself and our other GG Leader, Rosie. The students had a great...
Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 06/06/2014 by Doris Q.
History day was jammed packed with information, a city tour of Santo Domingo and a 3.5 hour trip to San Juan! Our youth stayed awake, energized and finished the day strong with some big love! They enjoyed some delicious mashed potatoes and chicken from Sheila’s...
Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 06/06/2014 by Doris and Janice
Hello Families and Friends, We wanted to give you a quick check in! Our group landed safe and sound late last night and went straight to bed to make sure we had all our energy for today. Our group already feels like a family as our students start to bond and learn...
Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 06/06/2014 by Janice & Doris
Hello Bay Area!! We are team San Juan, your program coordinators for the summer! We are so excited to meet you and work with you, and share the rich culture, history and people of San Juan de la Maguana. My name is Doris, am a California native, that having just left...
