Recent posts from: Esteli2 – 6/10/2017


Adventure in Somoto Canyon


Hello friends and family, this is Devin and Kelsey writing about our Fun Day visiting Somoto Canyon. The day started with an early 5:30 wakeup call. We loaded onto a bus and picked up some local firefighters to make sure we were safe on our adventure. On the bus, we...

LIVING LIKE A NICA LOCAL


Hey Friends and Family. It’s Brendan and Bernardo here. Today was very interesting, emotional, and full of community. We awoke at 6 am and showered like locals, using only a bucket and a bowl to wash ourselves. We weren’t allowed to use any running water. That means...

Working Like a Nica Local


This is Sarb and Jason, your Day 7 GG Leaders. Today, we had an amazing adventure taking on one of the hardest days of this entire trip. Our morning started off with us having one of our earliest wake up calls at 4 am and continued with a 45 minute bus ride to...

DIA LIBRE! FREE DAY


  Hey everyone! Another Global Glimpse – Esteli update coming to you from Maricela! On this hot and sunny morning, we had an amazing opportunity to wake up at7:30!!!!!! We all took nice, long, cold showers and made our way over to breakfast where we had...

Poverty = Eye Opening Experience


Hey Friends and Family, it’s Paulette and Kam here! Today was an emotional yet exciting rollercoaster. We woke up all the Glimpsers at 6:30 and had a nutritious breakfast at Buffet Estelí; there was beans and sour cream with avocado and a delicious star fruit juice....

EDUCATION IS KEY!


From Helen and Buna – Hola mis amigos y familias! Our fourth day in Nicaragua was such a jam packed day that we had no time for yesterday’s blog post. Here’s what went down: We started off at 5am sharp to make sure we were able to do everything on the agenda....

Keeping The Culture Alive!


Hello all! Cammie and Tyler here. Today was fun culture day―an exhausting venture, but filled to the brim with exciting and blood-pumping activities. We started the day off at the crack of dawn, and we had the tiring job of waking up everyone up at 6:00 am. By 6:45,...