Posted in Jarabacoa 7-10-2023 by Aron Cuison and Aidan Sales, Leaders of the Day
Hello Globe, our names are Aron Cuison and Aidan Sales. We are your Leaders of the Day for Sunday, July 16. The group had an early wake-up call at 6 am with us knocking on the door and creating beats. For breakfast, we ate pancakes with egg and pineapple. Then we...
Posted in Jarabacoa 7-10-2023 by Benjamin Weavil &Tanya Cuautle, Leaders of the Day
Hi Everybody, Today was the 6th day of this Global Glimpse trip, and the theme was… FREE DAY! The wake-up call was at 9:00 Am but almost everyone was up before then. At 9:30 we all ate a hearty breakfast of eggs and toast. After Breakfast, we all had some free...
Posted in Jarabacoa 7-10-2023 by Talya Riciputi and Hattie Bradshaw, Leaders of the Day
Hi Everyone! Today was day 5: Aid and Development. Most people woke up bright and early at 6:30. We started off with our everyday morning meeting and mental warmup to get us going for the day. At around 9:00 we set off to visit Plan Yaque, a local NGO that works to...
Posted in Jarabacoa 7-10-2023 by Marina Halbert and Laila Joseph, Leaders of the Day
Today we woke everyone up for breakfast and prepared for a long workday. We left the Ranch and headed to a coffee farm, where we helped out the local workers with weeding coffee bean plants and learned about the process of growing coffee beans. While there we learned...
Posted in Jarabacoa 7-10-2023 by Richard Wren, Global Glimpse Leader
Today, we woke up after a well-needed night’s sleep and prepared for an eventful day. We started out our city tour with a visit to the fire dept. where the chief gave us a presentation and showed us their equipment. During the tour, we were also introduced to...
Posted in Jarabacoa 7-10-2023 by Nicole M. and Dianna V., Program Coordinators
After the welcome at the airport, we got to the hotel in Santiago and had a very Dominican breakfast and got to know a little bit of each other, then we hit the road to Jarabacoa to get some rest, get along and have lunch! After having lunch we lead two of the seminar...
Posted in Jarabacoa 7-10-2023 by Marina Halbert, Glimpser
Hi everyone! My name is Marina, and I am so excited for this trip. I come from San Jose, CA, and love to spend time with my dogs, read books, and play volleyball. While we’re in the Dominican Republic, I am super excited to try new foods and get to know the...
