Posted in Turrialba 6-6-2023 by Willa Heacock & Salma Messaoudi, Leaders of the Day
Buenos días padres y amigos, somos Willa y Salma. Hoy es martes, día de ocho y la lección es la justicia ambiental. Today we woke up a bit earlier than usual, at 7:00 am to be precise. We had pancakes, scrambled eggs, yogurt with granola, and of course, the most...
Posted in Turrialba 6-6-2023 by Arlo June Chambers, Glimpser
Hey guys! My name is Arlo June and today I had the experience of being the Líder del Dia. Today was a fairly low-key day. We started off with a wake up call at 7:30 am, followed by breakfast, which consisted of eggs, sausages, french toast, and fruit (bananas, mango...
Posted in Turrialba 6-6-2023 by Prerita Babarjung and Alexandria Beverly, Glimpsers
Pura Vida families! This is Alex and Prerita with a crash course of our day today. We had gallo pinto, fruit, eggs, salad, and bread for breakfast, and then got introduced to our CAP (Community Action Project) that we will be working on later next week. We learned...
Posted in Turrialba 6-6-2023 by Oswaldo Vazquez, Alba Reyes, Mario Valentin, Anna Torres, Leaders of the Day
Today for Community Day, Mario, Alba, Anna, and Oswaldo were the Leaders of the Day! We had four leaders due to splitting up the entire group between four families. We all are fluent Spanish speakers who helped our group connect better with each family. We not only...
Posted in Turrialba 6-6-2023 by Colene Agbo, Glimpser
Welcome back family and friends! We’re finishing up day 4 of our trip and time is flying by! Today we went on a hike to learn and see the history of the Aquiares community and its history with the coffee plant. We also toured a coffee factory where we got to see...
Posted in Turrialba 6-6-2023 by Denise Huey & Rosario Cruz, Global Glimpse Leaders
Welcome family and friends! We’re about to wrap up Day 3 of our beautiful trip so far in Costa Rica. Today, we traveled to Cartago and learn about the city, the culture, some history and went shopping! We didn’t let the rain stop us… yet! First, we...
Posted in Turrialba 6-6-2023 by Memo Sanchez, Program Coordinator
Today we started our adventure, not too early 🙂 We tried the typical Costa Rica breakfast…gallo pinto, we won’t tell you what it’s made of because we don’t want to make you hungry! Then we traveled from San José, the capital of Costa Rica, to...
