Recent posts from: Trip Blogs 2015


Friday Fun


Although our scheduled wake up time was 8:15, many of the Glimpsers were up far before then, prickling with excitement for our free day. Breakfast consisted of fried plantains, beans, rice, and quesadillas, with strong, salty Nicaraguan cheese. Under an already...

A day in the life…


“Everybody has a purpose in life You may not know what it is But you’re important. Your living conditions, source of income, or race shouldn’t be the case about your purpose. We all have our ups and downs Which allows us to experience a wrath that needs to take place....

We’re All in This Together


  Buenas Noches! Today was the first day our Community Action Project. Samantha and I, Rossemary, woke up an hour earlier than what we were supposed to because we were nervous. In the morning it was a challenge motivating our group, because they didn’t like their...

Free Day’s in the Breeze


Hello my name is Stephanie, and I’m from Williamsburg Preparatory High School and I was leader of the day for “Free Day”. We all started off the day by relaxing in the ranch. Some people were in the pool, some were working on their Community Action Project (CAP) and,...

Community Action Project Day 1


Today marks the first day of CAP and as co-leaders we are excited to share our experience with you guys! We started the day off with a 7 a.m. wake-up call, however we woke up earlier to be prepared, only to find out there was no running water. Once the water was...

Capping the CAP Project


  Hello again! Hope everyone is doing well back home. It’s Spencer and Chris again, working together on the blog post this time. Everyone here is doing great, aside from a couple of kids suffering from slight maladies. We finished our CAP projects today,...

Conquered, Achieved, Presented; CAP


Bright and early we all woke up at 5:40 and went to breakfast, with our full bellies we drove to pick up a few more supplies and arrived at the school. Although we arrived on time, we were delayed a couple minutes due to the locked gates which we carefully climbed...