Recent posts from: Trip Blogs 2016


CAP Day 2


Hola!  Today was Day 2 of the CAP, led by yours truly, Kareem.  We started our day with a wake-up call at 6:30 am.  I played some wonderful hype music to wake everyone up.  We then had a nice breakfast: toast with eggs.  Afterwards, we headed to Pusuca.  It’s...

Community Action Project


Today was the first day of the Community Action Project at La Casa De La Mujer where as a team, we decided to get our hands dirty and paint all the doors, stair walls, railings, pillars, garden, and the psychology room in their facility. Not only did we paint, but we...

CAP DAY 1


Hi, it’s Maria! Today was our very first Community Action Project Day also known as CAP. We all had a very exciting day starting with a 6:30 wake up call, after which we had a delicious breakfast and then headed over to the community of Pusuca, located 3,000...

Coming Home!


We are at the end of our trip. Today was a day of laughs, tears, hugs and reminiscing. For final reflection day the Glimpsers and I reflected back on our journey this summer. We came a long way. We started our trip as strangers in a foreign place. Now we have...

Free Day 2


Hi, I’m Justin. Today was an interesting day; Free Day 2. Free Day 2 was slightly different from Free Day 1 because we were allowed to leave the hostels without being accompanied by a GG Leader. Coming into the leadership position, I figured choosing Free Day 2...

Free Day Not So Free!


As our trip comes to an end, we woke up to experience our second free day. During our free day we had a lot of free time to explore the city of Riobamba. Some of you may know that this is not completely a leisure trip but an opportunity to help the community we have...

Cap Project and Graduation


O We woke up at 7:30 to eat breakfast and be on our way to Magana. Being the last leaders of the day our job was to lead the team to finish the cap project. We completed the CAP PROJECT with time to spare. After a community big love we continued to free time to get...