Recent posts from: Matagalpa2 – 7/01/2016


I Want to Take These Mountains Home


  Today was the day we have carried in our thoughts from the clouds of a Managua-bound plane ride, from the moments our journey became more than thoughts in the clouds, and from the crystallization of the realization that this journey would come to an end one...

7/16 Lagoon Day


Hello Everybody. Today after a looonnnnnggggggg week of hard work, it was finally our fun day! We started off by waking up at 6am…. fun. We then had breakfast at 6:30; fruit and conchas. We then had a very VERY long bus drive to Caterina where we were all able...

7/15 Today Was the Key to Success (CAP 3)


Hello all! Today we, Cinque and Jasmine, lead the group to completing our Community Action Project (yayyyyy!) We started off the day by waking up at 5:55 AM (6:30 for the rest of our lucky Glimpsers). We then had a breakfast of gallo pinto, quesadillas, and avocados...

M2B Return Flight Information


Hello Family and Friends of M2B Glimpsers, We know you all are excited for the upcoming return of the students on Monday night/ Tuesday morning, so we wanted to update you all with their flight information: The students will be arriving at ORD at 12:15AM, July 19 on...

7/14: Community Action Project Two


*Disclaimer: bad metaphors, I’m sorry* Desayuno On this lovely Matagalpan morning, my alarm clock rang with such a force as if it were intended to wake an individual sleeping. After getting ready, I awoke all fellow Glimpsers as if there were scheduled events...

7/13: CAP (Community Action Project) Day 1


The following is an artistic look into the day… HOLMES Today we started our CAP It was exciting, couldn’t take no naps We split into groups to get wood and paint Just giving money, that’s something we ain’t Started at the wood store, got loads...

7/12/16: Poverty Day


Today posed as a challenge for the Glimpsers as we pushed ourselves into an uncomfortable lifestyle. We rose at 6 a.m in order to start the day off early and on the right foot. For breakfast we ate pineapple, banana, an assortment of tradition breads and orange juice,...