Hey, everyone! Its Keilyn and Kai to tell you all about Day 7!!!
Starting off from last night, for our talent, we danced bachata, then Cynthy and Jennifer passed the torch to us to crown us as the new líders del día! As you can see, some of our hard-working glimpsers were up late working on the finishing touches of the CAP presentations to end the night. 😴
We woke up at 7:00 am (6:00 am for us😪), then headed down to Isabel’s for an amazing breakfast which included chicken nuggets, grapes, crackers, and tea/coffee. Then around 9:00 am we went on to the Mercado de San Alfonso and spent time with the children whose parents work within the community and then we helped shell the crops they were selling in the market. For example, some helped shell peas while some also helped peel corn. There was actually a competition between Kai, Brandon, Madison, and Sekou on who shelled the most peas 😂 (Kai won btw). Throughout the day, we felt like superstars. We had a camera crew from the US office for Global Glimpse follow us throughout our experience at Mercado de San Alfonso.
At around 12:00 pm, we walked back to Isabel’s for another delicious lunch, which included pasta salad, chicken breasts, yellow rice, lentils, and pineapple juice. After lunch, we walked back to the hotel and prepared our CAP Presentations for the representatives of Despertar de Los Ángeles. At around 2:00 pm, we presented our projects and answered any questions that the representatives had. Then, sadly we had to say goodbye to our amazing and talented camera crew. Then there was a leadership meeting for our next new amazing leaders. Which during this time many got to call home and talk to family and loved ones. Next, we started the first drafts of our appreciation letters to all of our wonderful donors who supported this trip.
At 6:00 pm, we walked back to Isabel’s for, once again, another wonderful meal, which included fried fish, salad, baked plantains, chicken soup, baked desserts, and ginger tea with lemon. After we finished our meals, we said thank you to Isabel and headed back to the hotel. Then we arrived back at the hotel and had our nightly meeting at 8:00 pm where we passed the torch to our newly crowned líders del día, Vanessa and Remi! We are all very excited to start our Community Action Project tomorrow and we can’t wait for you all to see the results.
P.S. we all see your amazing and touching comments. We miss and love you all very much. Thank you for supporting us during this adventurous trip in Ecuador. (Please continue to leave comments).
From Kai: Thank you for all the comments, Mom I love and miss you and all the family and I can’t wait to see you all real soon. We will be back in 6 days!!!! P.S HEY TEN WHERE THE LOVE AT? ❤️❤️
From Keilyn: I greatly appreciate all the comments that I see. I miss you, mom, dad, luna and mano (I really miss you, mi amor <3) (Don’t listen to Kai haha). I can’t wait to see all of you and I really love to see that you guys (mostly one person) is the first one to comment. I love you <3
Hi baby it’s Tenzin I love you so muxh more and i miss you soo muxhh more, your mom dad Luna and Mano all miss you dearly. Baby I’m glad you are safe and are staying healthy and enjoying your time I can’t wait to see you again. And Kai I’m glad to see you enjoying the trip too your YouTube vids been helping me with boredom (them 1v1s are tuff). Glad to see both of y’all are okay and having fun.
I love you Vanessa ❤️ can’t wait till see you 🙂
Hi Teishani, so nice to hear your voice yesterday 💕 hope today is going well and you’re learning much of the country and the natives.
Terrissa sends her love ❤️
Take care and enjoy
Love, Mom
Hey Dina!
Great photos! The mercado looks amazing. Seems like a wonderful trip – can’t wait to hear more about it. Everyone at MCHS is following and we are all super proud of you!
Hi Remi – I was so great talking to you on the phone yesterday! What a treat! Sounds like an amazing experience in Ecuador! I can’t wait to hear all the details when you get home next week!!
We love getting to hear all about your day and seeing the photos! Looking forward to seeing what the CAP is and seeing how it turns out.
Iggy- Declan & Selena say hi!! We all miss you so much! I’m sorry I missed your call yesterday, you called me right as I was coming back in walking Brooklyn. 🙁 Hope you get another chance to call. Dad & I love you!
-Stephanie (Iggy’s Mom)
Hey Remi – good luck with being Lider del Dia! Make sure you smile in all the pictures so Mom doesn’t get concerned =) Have a great time!
Every morning we’ve been watching with anticipation your blogs and your next adventure. It makes us feel we’re there with you all. Seize the moment and always enjoy your time. Shiloh, we love you and miss you. Can’t wait to hear from you directly (in person and via the blog :-).
Love, Michelle and Nixon
Madison!! The market looks awesome! Can’t believe you’ve been there seven daysss now, and that’s so cool you had a camera crew :O
Hi keilyn nos encanta escuchar de ustedes que se la están pasando bien cuídate mucho we love you so much ❤️
Congrats Kaisean! I’m not surprised you won the pea shelling competition. Wonderful job as leaders. Great hearing your voice. We miss you but are excited for you and this experience. Everyone is so proud of you and the young man you’re becoming.
Hola Madison, espero que estas disfrutando Ecuador a lo maximo. Ya llegastes a probar Llapingacho? Caldo de Bola? Seco de Gallina or Cui!? Miss you, Sarangue, Ku Chia
Hi Son (Izaiah), its mom. I miss you so much. I’m loving the pictures of you and the other glimpsers. It gives me something to look forward to every night. Knowing that even though I can’t speak to you daily, I can still see your progress throughout that day. I’m super proud of you and love you so much. It felt really good speaking to you to today. You sounded so full of life and happy. I love that for you. Can’t wait for you to get back so we can talk about all the new things you got into there. In the meantime, keep making beautiful memories. Love Mom.
Hello Glimpsers! Thanks for always writing with so much details about your days. Every time I look at the pictures and read about your experiences I’m just very grateful that Carina is part of this trip. I got very excited because some of you are already making phone calls. Cari I’m dying to hear your voice. Love you my darling.
Chicken nuggets for breakfast?!? YUM-O! The mercado looks so cool and love how you all interacted with the local community, and did local activities like shelling peas and peeling corn! Congrats to Kai on winning the shelling pea competition but frankly, you all are winners! I hope we get to see the video the camera crew made! I can’t wait to hear more about the CAP projects you all are starting! Keilyn and Kai, thanks for your post telling us all about Day 7!
(Hey Madison, I was sooooooooooo bummed when I missed your calls in the early evening, but was SUPER EXCITED to receive a call in the late evening! 5 mins was way too short but I relished each minute completely! Loving how you are experiencing new things! Awesome pic of you and Alfonsina shelling! I can’t believe it’s been a week already. Enjoy the remaining time fully! I hope you are feeling 100% now. Love ya! TIAB!)
Kareennnnnnnnnnnnnnn keep slaying! I SEE YOU, writing furiously while working on the poster, and let me tell you your handwriting is getting better and better😁. I can’t wait for you to come back from your trip. Also how come you don’t know my number like Ms.Gurl I still haven’t received a call. Anyways it looks like your having fun so keep slaying 👌 OK. Also Ms.Sandra says HI.
You so funny girl. Of COURSE I don’t know your number! LOL you still don’t know mine. Keep writing to me I love you and your messages.
Hi Angel it was nice to hear your voice, I’m happy you having a great time. Jeremiah said he love you
Nice work leading the day Kai! So awesome to see pictures and hear about the experiences that you and your travel mates are enjoying. Looks like an amazing experience. Catch you soon when you get back to NYC.