Recent posts from: Trip Blogs 2016


CAP Day # 1


Hola! We were the leaders for the first day of the Community Action Project (CAP.) We were really nervous to be leaders today but we think that we did a pretty good job. The day started off with us taking an hour long bus ride to the Pusuca community. When we arrived...

Closing The CAP Of Our Project


Hi, my name is Tishiya, and I was the leader of the day to close off our CAP projects. For all of us, today was incredibly big and amazingly impactful. From earlier on in our trip, we had seen glimpses of what life is like here in Ecuador for those that are in need,...

RB1B Return Flight Information


Hello Family and Friends of RB1B Glimpsers, We know you all are excited for the return of the students on Sunday morning, so we wanted to update you all with their flight information: The students will be arriving at JFK at 8:00AM on Tames Flight #550 into the...

Welcome to San Cristobal!


One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things” -Henry Miller Hello Glimpsers!!   Kristin (L) and Jatnna (R) in downtown San Cristóbal We are Jatnna Garcia (Site Manager) and Kristin Huot (Program Coordinator). We are so excited for you to...

Final Reflection Day


Hola familia y amigos, I’m Elizabeth the last Lider del dia! Although today has been an emotional roller coaster, I’d like to start off by saying that there’s no other way I would rather spend my summer than joining this amazing group of glimpsers. Our day started...

Day 2: History and Politics of Nicaragua


Hi everyone, I’m Elly Walker, one of the leaders for this Global Glimpse trip. I’m blogging today, but you can expect to hear from the students in a few days! Today was another hot and humid day in Leon, but regardless, there were many smiles and lots of...

Day 13: Free Day, Thursday July 21st.


Today, despite the title of this blog, the Glimpsers had a very busy and chaotic day. This is because though we were supposed to have a free day, we still had to finalize some things for our Community Action Project (CAP) and that was much work which required much...