Posted in SJ1C San Juan Maguana 7-18-2019 by Ariana Plante
Today I was Leader of the Day for our Final Reflection. We began the day with our reflection seminar, and reminisced and appreciated everything we all brought to this trip. Individuality and the impacts we all had on each other were celebrated. We all walked away from...
Posted in SJ1C San Juan Maguana 7-18-2019 by Kimberley Vasquez and Emily Spear
Today we worked together as a team to finish the community action project in Loma De Yaque. We started and finished the mural of the Dominican flag and had people of the community put there thumb prints on the wall. We also smoothed out the edge of the sidewalk using...
Posted in SJ1C San Juan Maguana 7-18-2019 by Yumei, Global Glimpse Staff
Hello Family and Friends of the SJ1C Global Glimpse delegation, We know you’re excited to see your Glimpsers after these two weeks, so we thought we would share a reminder about the return flight information so you know when and where to pick them up from the airport!...
Posted in SJ1C San Juan Maguana 7-18-2019 by Lauren and Karissa, Glimpsers
Saludo (hi), For those of you who don’t yet know what the responsibilities of leader of the day are, our first task is waking eighteen other exhausted teenagers up. As two people who crave sleep, this seemed daunting. Fortunately the rooster outside our accommodations...
Posted in SJ1C San Juan Maguana 7-18-2019 by Zack Damon, Glimpser
Hi everybody, It’s Zack here from the Dominican Republic. Today our wake up call was at 8:30 and we needed that because yesterday was a long day. Then we had breakfast, for breakfast, we had cornflakes and fruit (: After breakfast, we had time to get our laundry...
Posted in SJ1C San Juan Maguana 7-18-2019 by Jasmine Terounzo, Sharwine Glimpsers
Hola! Jasmine Terounzo and Sharwine here. We got the honor of being the Líderes Del Día for this very busy day. We woke up at 5:00 am today, which is the earliest wake-up call we’ve had throughout the entire trip. At breakfast, we had pancakes with fruit and started...
Posted in SJ1C San Juan Maguana 7-18-2019 by Bandana and Chelsea, Glimpsers
Heyoooo, this is Bandana and Chelsea. Today we had a spectacular day with the honor of becoming the Leaders of the day for the start of the Cap Project. Being in the Dominican Republic has really opened up our eyes to how privileged we are in the States, to how we...
