Hello family & friends from today’s Liders Del Dia (LDD) Anabel and Milayzia! As the final 4 days of our trip wind down, we have finally begun our Community Action Project (CAP) delivery. In the past few days we agreed to improve the rooms of Barrilete through various tasks. This includes a seasons-themed mural for the girls’ room, a sunrise to night time mural in the boys’ room, painting the plant pots and the speed bump, and adding other items such as shelves, lights, and screws for the beds. These tasks will all be finished within the next few days.
Today we had an easy going morning with writing letters of appreciation to those who made Global Glimpse possible. Then we made a few pit stops to various hardware stores that took longer than expected, but we used this time to bond on the bus. When we finally gathered our materials we separated into our different committees of construction, creativity, management, and communication to begin the execution of our different tasks at Barrilete. Within the span of about 4 hours, we were able to prepare most of the shelves for tomorrow, paint the base coat and finish most of the sketches for the murals in the children’s rooms, and finally paint most of the plant pots outside. To top off this hardworking day, we had a special dinner of Pizza Hut – which most people were happy about since it was our first American meal that we have had on this trip – and an hour of free time to explore the wonderful city of Leon or freshen up before the nightly meeting.
During the day, we had some obstacles that came our way but we were able to overcome them thanks to some key events. One setback included the low energy in the beginning of the day due to exhaustion that we faced because of all the hard work we have been doing throughout the trip. However, while enjoying our lunch from Imabite, a little friend came to join in on the fun. It was small, cute, and just what we needed to boost our energy for our project. If you haven’t guessed by now, it was a pet cat that Carrie, one of the program coordinators, named Vegetariana.She roamed around our legs trying to capture our attention, which she did. As soon as I (Anabel) caught a glimpse of the adorable fur ball, she immediately reminded me of my cat back home. She even responded to the ways that I use to call my own cat. It was comforting to have her around all day long to brighten up our moods and to give us something to play with to distract ourselves during our short breaks. Another key event that helped us overcome the lack of energy from excessive heat and tiredness was singing popular songs from home. While painting the base coat of the walls for the murals, the creativity team sang songs such as the famous High School Musical song “We are All in This Together”, “Rolling in the Deep” and “Hello” by Adele, and finally “That’s What I Like” by Bruno Mars. This personally reminded us of car ride sing-a-longs with friends, and sometimes family, and the always funny and memorable times we sometimes miss while being away from home for so long.
As LDDs we both we nervous about taking on the day and being vocal. However, with the support of our peers and leaders we were able the build confidence in ourselves and step up to the position as the day went along. Something we both learned today was that we can’t please everyone at the same time because of our differences of perspectives. While some may agree to one opinion, others might argue a different side which caused a bit of miscommunication. This did slow us down at times but we were able to set aside our differences and agree on the best solution for the best outcome.
All in all, today was a very successful start to the two and a half day project. With a positive attitude and the passion to help make a difference in the world, we can eliminate the “unfreedoms” many people face daily.
Thanks for reading today’s post,
Anabel & Milayzia
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Hola Anabel and Milayzia! Very good writeup for Day 11. Seems like you guys did great overcoming all the obstacles. Life has many more tough tasks for you guys to tackle. You guys learned an awesome lesson in communication. Sometimes we don’t always get along but as long as we can communicate our true feelings we can at least understand where each side is coming from.
Has Jonathan shown off his dancing skills? He’s shy but once he opens up, he’s a FIREBALL!
Love you my dude!
The community action project sounds great. It is clear how industriously and collaboratively you are all working in the words of the blog and the photos. Singing to boost morale is clever and you picked some excellent tunes. We miss you so much, Reya, and we can’t wait to hear your stories. The pups are doing fine, but your little princess is anxious to have you home and to sleep in your bed again. Mateo says hi. Keep up the good work and call if you get another chance. Love, Mom & Dad
Hola CAP Champion Glimpsers! It’s Alyssa’s Auntie Di enjoying another inspirational blog – excellent report, Anabel & Milayzia, especially describing lessons-learned that we can all learn from! Sending congratulations to all of you for overcoming challenges, and coming together for a common cause. Keep up the great work, leaving lasting memories and improving people’s lives. Music is amazing “medicine”. Alyssa, your brother Devin made many new friends dancing at the Santana-tribute street concert on Sunday (I wrote in one of my 2 comments which haven’t posted) . Love to all from Auntie Di
I’m sure all of your hard work is much appreciated there.
Great job!
-Lisa Marks (Ryan’s mom)
Thanks for sharing! You guys are “over-the-hump” so to speak, so its all downhill from here with easy sailing, hopefully. How quickly time goes by.
Thanks Anabel and Milayzia for your leadership and post for the day! Coordinating the activities and people can be challenging and I’m glad you all are being stretched a little out of your comfort zone. Reading about how exhausted everyone has been made it easier to understand Josh’s condition. Still, there’s nothing like getting a phone call from a Global Glimpse staffer that just makes your heart stop for a moment. I was very thankful for the GG leaders and staff making sure they took Josh to the medical facility for treatment for his dehydration. An IV for Josh, a call from the GG staff, and a call today from Josh helped give me continued confidence in the program and the friends supporting him! Keep up the great work you guys are doing!
Hang in there Josh! We’re praying for you and everyone’s safe return home!
Hi Kyra! Coming into the home stretch…
We are starting to think about the Lair, of course, and we are spending most of our time trying to stay cool. It is been consistently over 100° here for quite some time.
We are curious to know what part of the project you are doing. My educated guess it is that you are making something pretty 🙂
We are all looking forward to see you soon!
Alyssa and Friends,
What an amazing journey you are sharing with your new friends !
Enjoy your fabulous trip together !
With love,
Auntie Sachi, Riley, Nolin, Analisa, Uncle Richard and Auntie Alinda
Hi Glimpsers, It has been great reading about all your experiences. I’m looking forward the remaining adventures you all will share. Don’t stop having fun and learning.
I am so in awe and truly proud of all of you. I have loved reading all about the adventures, learnings, and findings while you all were in Nicaragua.
Milayzia – although we have missed you so much, there are no word to describe how proud we are of you. Your dedication and focus not only have rewarded you with all these accomplishments but have also paved the way for so many opportunities like this. We love you so much and cannot wait to hear all about your trip.
Safe travels to you all!!!!
Xxo ~ A very proud Momma Bear and daBAJALAohana