Posted in Esteli2 - 7/29/2015 by Natalie Keltner-McNeil
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...
Posted in San Cristobal - 7/29/2015 by Tiyana Williams
“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....
Posted in San Cristobal - 7/29/2015 by Samantha and Rossemary
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...
Posted in San Cristobal - 7/29/2015 by Stephanie
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,...
Posted in Constanza - 7/29/2015 by Cristal Ruiz Rodriguez & Joshua Amador
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...
Posted in Leon2 - 7/28/2015 by Spencer Ault and Chris Marelich
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,...
Posted in Esteli2 - 7/29/2015 by Sandy Phan
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...