Recent posts from: Matagalpa1 – 6/07/2015


Water Falls and Friendship Rises


Today marked an important date for the group- our first fun day! (In title alone- there was certainly fun on other days) Despite the schedule specifying an extra hour of sleep, our rest was cut short by an unexpected five o’clock awakening, both literally and...

Student by day, Teacher by night


June 10, 2015: As leader of the day, it was my job to wake up my fellow Glimpsers bright and early at 5:30am. After getting dressed, we ate a beautiful breakfast sandwich made by the superhero of the hostel, Jaime. Around 6:45am, we split into two different groups....

Culture Day


Today was an awesome cultural day! We all had a great time meeting new people, eating new foods, and learning new dance moves! We took an adventure to an indigenous community where we able to make our own natural jewelry with seeds of local fruits and vegetables. The...

History and rain in Matagalpa


Hola gente! We had an amazing day today. To start, everyone woke up rested and excited about getting to know the city and the history of Nicaragua. We had a good gallopinto and eggs for breakfast, an energizer and then we had a seminar where we learned about the...

Welcome to Matagalpa!


  Hola familia y amigos! We’ve made it safe and sound to our lovely home for the next 2 & 1/2 weeks.  We arrived to the warm welcome of GG Program Coordinators, Skarleth and Alex, at the airport this morning in Managua.  After a 2 hour bus ride through...

A New Adventure


Hello all! I’m Raynard (but I prefer Ray)! I attend Andrew Hill High School in San Jose! Asides from playing basketball, I love to go out and explore with my friends. I also like to look for new food places to try out everyday. When I applied to this program, I...

Salutations Fellow Advent Glimpsers


Greetings all! My name is Jennifer Eng and I reside in the ever-so-gloomy San Francisco whilst attending Lowell High School. My hobbies –when I’m not knee-deep in schoolwork– consist of watching on Netflix and daily vlogs on Youtube. Also, I’m...