Que lo que amigos y familia,
We started our morning bright and early at 6:00 A.M. to the beautiful sounds of birds, followed by the military drills at their fortand Gwen Stefani’s classic “Hollaback Girl”. Our host Dilenia served us a hot meal of oatmeal with bananas and raisins (throughout the day Dilenia truly outdid herself with our meals). We were off to the fields where we would spend hours twisting and turning tomato vines and getting to know the locals who spend their days growing the food that ends up on our tables. Through this experience, we grew to truly admire and repsect the process of the farming and the individuals who put their blood, sweat and tears into producing our energy source. Afterwards, we ended up giving Big Love to the locals for spending their valuable time with us, and we went back to our hostel to change for lunch and our next activity. Today for lunch, we ate meatballs, moro and salad. After lunch, we changed into a business casual attire and headed to Natural Fields, a vegetable exporting company based in Constanza. There, we got to see a factory of people packaging and cleaning our food, cucumbers in this case. We learned how the men in the factory were paid more than the women who did the cleaning and packaging of each cucumber. Usually, these female workers are paid anywhere around $6-7 per day, while the men are paid anywhere between $9+ per day (IN THE YEAR 2018). After this amazing trip, we came back to the hostel and had some free time to ourselves before we ate dinner at about 7:30; we enjoyed an exquisite pasta, salad, and bread. We followed with the nightly seminar where we discussed the events of the day, and what we learned from our experiences. The Leader of the Day was passed on to the next person. Today was a great day to discuss how food can be utilized in different situations, while also covering how the food processing business is merely a cycle among the farmers and factory workers.
Hasta mañana amigos y familia!
Hi Cat! Oooh, tomatoes! Yummm, can’t wait for you to help plant and cultivate MY tomatoes in our garden :). You can teach Daddy what you learned about farming and food production. What an amazing experience to soak up. XOXOXO!
Hey Katrina!!!! I hope you’re enjoying your trip! I’m excited to hear about it when you get back <3333 oh, and stay hydrated!!!
Way to go, Emerson.
Hi Jane,
How are you feeling good without the phone and getting busy in the wonderful reality life there. Hopefully everyone is the same. Love you.
Dad
Hey Silvia
Hope your having fun and remember that we wish you
It feels like 4 years of loneliness, I miss youuuu, I hope you met the little boy. YO your working papers!! What do I do? Do them for you 😉
Love you b. Make friends and bring back some of Dilenia’s oatmeal and some spices 😉
And tell Dilenia you love her, she’s the loveliest.
Hey Jane!! I love your granny look for working like a local. Jokes aside hope you’re having a BLAST!! it’s pretty boring without you over here. LOVE AND MISS YOU LOTS <3
Miss you so much Sofia! I feel like the “IN 2018” was you because it sounds like you. I’m glad you’re having a good time there! I wonder how tan you’ll be LOL. Love you!
Sofia what of nice experience and great report out
Wage differences between sexes is major problem throughout the world
“Heyyyy best friendddd.” – Mikaela
Hi Baby, love you and miss you so much! I’m glad you’re having fun. Are you surviving without your starbucks and boba??
Love you always Mom❤️
Hey kutch! First weekend without you! ? i hope you’re having so much fun and making new friends. Cant wait till you come home! Love you! – Ate?
Marisol it was so nice to hear your voice yesterday I miss you I know you are having a good time but I can’t wait to see you it feels like for ever I love you. Be safe , dad misses you
Hi Catherine. Got your message on the answering machine. Unfortunately I didn’t get to the phone on time to pick up. Time to get a new, louder phone. 🙂 Glad to hear you’re having fun, and learning about other cultures. Hopefully you can bring that back and teach us a thing or two. Wanted to say we miss you but are glad you are able to have this experience. Keep exploring and having fun. Stay safe. Love, Daddy
Hi Michelle! I hope you are enjoying your trip and learning a lot about the locals. Stay safe and make lots of friends. Hope to see you soon!
Hi Michelle!!! I am glad to hear that you are learning about food production and eating delicious meals. Hope you are having a lot of fun and making new friends. I can’t wait to hear about your trip! Love you lots ♥️
Hii Christine,
So glad you guys are learning so much about the culture and the people there in the DR! Working like a Local day is definitely an eye opening experience, and it sure sounds like you all learned something from it. This is what global glimpse is truly all about! Much more than good food and sweet traveling, but really, a once in a lifetime learning experience.
Heard you called yesterday but only Catherine picked up haha.. Maybe we can catch you next time. As always, remember to have fun, learn a lot, and don’t forget suncreen (or us)!!
–Cecilia
HEY SOFIA I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU SO MUCH!! But this wholesome post :’))) I’m proud of you for going out and experiencing the world. Can’t wait to hear all your memories.