Recent posts from: Turrialba 3 6-13-2024


Fun Day!!!


El Guapo (Sergeant Calvin) Yooo so today we woke up and had rice, beans, and fruit for breakfast. That meal was complemented with bread. For our mental warm-up, we played a categories game but with the ball. Surprisingly El Guapo didn’t win. We hiked to a...

Marco Pollo (Aka Margaret Frances)


Hi everyone! It’s your girls, Maggie and Victoria, here with the inside scoop of the Glimpsers’ day. Today’s theme was aid and development. We started our day with an 8:00 am wakeup. For breakfast this morning we had pancakes, eggs, fruit, and the...

A Glimpse of Costa Rican Life


¡Holla Amigos! Today as LDD we woke everyone up at 7:30 and ate French toast with eggs and fruit. After some down time, we had our mental warm up where we prepared our minds to experience a different perspective of how people live their daily lives here in Costa Rica....

Rise and Shine Soldiers!


**DISCLAIMER FROM GGLs: yesterday, Glimpers learned that Costa Rica does not have a military. Today’s LDDs took that to heart and decided it would be fun and creative to take on the role of CR’s military for the day. It was all lighthearted fun and very...

Happy Fathers Day!!


Happy Father’s Day to any father figure in our students’ lives!! The Glimpsers are lucky to have such amazing parents, guardians, supporters, etc. that allow them to take part in this program. Dad’s check out these fathers day pictures!!

CCC ~ Cartago & Cow Crossings!


Hi everyone! This is Bri and Erin – the GGLs for our trip to Costa Rica!! Everyone is doing fantastic so far. We’ve been impressed with everyone’s ability and willingness to make new friendships and step out of their comfort zones! Most Glimpsers...

Welcome to Turri


Big day today! We started our day at San Jose, Quality Hotel, and had breakfast at the hotel’s buffet. Afterward, we started our trip to Turrialba, which lasted about two hours. When we got to Aracari Base House we got into our rooms and settled in. A few hours later...