Posted in TA1B Las Tablas 6-30-2019 by Kaitlyn O’Connor & Briana Washington, Glimpsers
[Posted one day late because of internet issues!] Hi! It’s Briana and Kaitlyn! We are today’s Lideres Del Dia! After having a late curfew last night, we got to sleep in until 8am this morning. We started off by having breakfast together. We invited the kitchen...
Posted in TA1B Las Tablas 6-30-2019 by Alejandra Duran & Genen Purugganan, Glimpsers
Hi, we are Alejandra and Genen! We were todays Lideres Del Dia. Today’s wake up call was the earliest of this week trying to wake everyone up at 6:30 in the morning. We were so excited to get the day started, we accidentally woke up the wrong people at 5:40 in the...
Posted in TA1B Las Tablas 6-30-2019 by Jessica Martin & Jackie Flores, Glimpsers
Hi guys, our names are Jessica and Jackie and we are so excited to tell you about our day as Lideres del dia, so continue reading to join our journey throughout Environment Day. Today our wakeup call was at 7:00am, but half of us woke up at 6:30am because of our...
Posted in TA1B Las Tablas 6-30-2019 by Natania Wong & Robert Orta, Glimpsers
Starting off this day was a blast! We woke our peers up with a “bang, bang, bang”; an onslaught of sticky notes on their doors (and some light tapping, which apparently sounded too much like rain.) After our morning routine as a group, we embarked on an arduous trek...
Posted in TA1B Las Tablas 6-30-2019 by Natalie Haro & Alondra Perez, Glimpsers
Today we were the FIRST student leaders of the day. Our first job was the wake up calls which started at 6:15am even though the actual wake up time wasn’t until 7:15 :p. We started out the morning with doing a mental warmup and a group energizer. The question...
Posted in TA1B Las Tablas 6-30-2019 by Stephanie Weden and Jeff Moore, Global Glimpse Leaders (GGLs)
Buenas a nuestras familias y a nuestros amigos! Today’s Culture Day quickly brought us to the importance of why we are here for our trip and not somewhere else. After an 8 a.m. wake-up call and a delicious breakfast of Panamanian tortillas, breakfast sausages,...
Posted in TA1B Las Tablas 6-30-2019 by Stephanie Weden and Jeff Moore, Global Glimpse Leaders (GGLs)
Day Two is in the books and we are sleepy and all smiles! We started out the day with a tour of Casco Viejo led by our trustee Program Coordinators, Nathan and Arleen! We learned about Simon Bolivar, AKA El Libertado, and how he led many South and Central American...
