Posted in GU1D Guaranda 8-8-2019 by Brooklynne, Glimpser
Hello, blog! It’s Brooklynne reporting live from Ecuador. Today we woke up later than usual at 8:45 and had an amazing breakfast with eggs, cheese tortillas, ham, yogurt, papayas, and pineapple juice. After breakfast, we decided what we wanted to do for our free...
Posted in GU1D Guaranda 8-8-2019 by Bianca and Nina, Glimpsers
Hi All, This is Bianca and Nina, today’s Leaders of the Day. We began with a quick and early start to the day at 6:30… which in our opinion is too early (big love to our GGL Ricardo who woke up before 6:00 to make sure we were ready on time!). We had a...
Posted in GU1D Guaranda 8-8-2019 by Noah, Glimpser
On our fourth day in Guaranda Ecuador, (led by yours truly) we started or day ahead of schedule in order to get a head start on the day. Today’s theme was aid and development. of Due to prep times of glimpsers in the morning it was in my opinion the best call...
Posted in GU1D Guaranda 8-8-2019 by Diego and Jaden, Glimpsers
Hello, my name is Diego and I was the leader of the day of August 12. I was also accompanied and had amazing help from Jaden. Today we were able to have such an amazing experience by traveling to the school, Unidad Educativa Intercultural Bilingue Ruminahui. We had an...
Posted in GU1D Guaranda 8-8-2019 by Vernon Simmons, Glimpser
Hi everyone, this is Vernon Simmons. I was the first leader of the day to set the tone for the following Glimpsers, with my extroverted personality and contagious smile and the drive to do my best. I feel that I fulfilled that job to the best of my ability, but enough...
Posted in GU1D Guaranda 8-8-2019 by Ricardo Alvarez-Pimentel & Corlin Allrich, GG Leaders
Dear All, Our first full day in Guaranda was an amazing experience! After an incredibly restful night’s sleep, we woke up at 6:20 for a 7am breakfast with Global Glimpse executives, donors, and partner organizations. Our students discussed their motivations and...
Posted in GU1D Guaranda 8-8-2019 by Ricardo Alvarez-Pimentel (Global Glimpse Leader, Horace Mann School)
Hello World! And greetings from Guaranda, Ecuador… FINALLY! After 26+ hours of travel, 4 delays, 3 airplanes, and 1 five-hour bus ride, we finally arrive at our destination and had our first full day in country! We arrived in Ecuador at about 6:00 AM and breezed...