Posted in Leon2 - 7/23/2016 by Adam Spofford, Vishaal Beckford
Hello all! Today was Work Like a Local Day, which means we were all working in the market today. The day started up with a wakeup call at 7:00, followed by a breakfast at Imabite. After breakfast, we went to the Santos Barcenas market and were assigned vendor stalls...
Posted in Esteli1 - 7/21/2016 by Suzanna Keystone and Nova Mitchell
Hello everyone! Who is speaking you may ask? Chad from “The Bachelorette”? Guess again! It’s Suzanna Keystone and Nova Mitchell. We had a fabulous time being the leaders today and we are counting down the days that we get to see all of you! Today was the first day of...
Posted in Matagalpa2 - 7/24/2016 by Faith Adu
During our lives we learn many different definitions of poverty. In elementary school, we learn poverty is not having money and living in a cardboard box. In middle and High School, we learn that poverty is having an EBT card and shopping at Payless (more so from the...
Posted in Matagalpa1 - 7/19/2016 by Maddie Fister and Marilyn Crutchfield
Dear family and friends, Today was our last fun day together as brothers and sisters. We woke up around 6AM to wake up the rest of the Glimpsers. At 6:30, we ate an OG breakfast of gallo pinto, eggs, white bread, and juice. Once everyone cleared their plates, we...
Posted in Riobamba1 - 7/30/2016 by Steph, Program Coordinator
After what turned out to be a long trip, we are so happy to say the Glimpsers are united in Riobamba and had a truly wonderful first day in their new host city. They had so much energy today and spent about 80% of the day laughing their heads off. The group has a...
Posted in Moca - 7/27/2016 by John Buckley and Betty Feng
Today was Work Like a Local Day! We began the day with a delicious breakfast of eggs, bread and fruit. We then played an entertaining energizer called Hawt Potato. It was riveting to hear of our peers’ responses to the weird “Would You Rather” questions. Afterward, we...
Posted in San Juan de La Maguana - 7/28/2016 by Lamadio Butler
Today was the first free day of the trip, which meant that we had to learn how to navigate an almost entirely structure-free day. This meant making plans with GGLs and/or ambassadors either in advance or the morning of. Before we went out to go anywhere, we had...
