Today was Deconstructing Poverty Day. This morning we woke up at 8:00 and had breakfast at 9:00 @ Roma Santa. For breakfast we had sausages, bread, yogurt and cereal. We discussed the mental warm up with the group
about Deconstructing Poverty. From breakfast we walked to Parque Maldonado and spent time with the kids from Manitos Trabajadoras. We started off playing a game with the kids called Sharks and Minos. We later split up into 6 groups assigned with a specific task with the working kids. Some of the jobs consisted of shoe shining, selling cotton candy, ice cream, Jello candy and bracelets. After working for about 2 hours we met back with the group at Parque Maldonado and had lunch with all the kids. For lunch we had rice, chicken and a side salad. Shortly after we said our final goodbyes to the children and walked backed to the hotel for a guest speaker from Manitos Trabajadoras. Manitos Trabajadoras has been a working project now for around 10 years and it’s main goal is to allow kids the opportunity to live their life as kids and not as child workers. They have over 100 kids age ranging from 4-18 years old coming together every Saturday to make their life a bit sweeter. The hope for Manitos Trabajdoras is to become a official organization to allow the working children to stop working and focus on their life as kids. After the guest speaker we had 1 hour of free time which allowed GG students to do varies things like getting ice cream, coffee, phone calls home, etc.. Later in the day we had a time to construct our Letters of Appreciation to all the supporters of Global Glimpse. From this activity we walked to Roma Santa for dinner where we had, mashed potatoes, beef, and mixed vegetables. From dinner we walked back to the hotel for our Deconstructing Poverty group reflection. We took time to discuss the similarities and differences between Ecuador and the US. Shortly after we had our daily nightly meeting where we shouted out our highlights of our day, thorn and roses, big love and the agenda for the next day. Tonight we get ready for our Chimborazo hike that we all have been waiting for!
See you soon!
Mark & Cynthia
I hope that the kids get to enjoy the donations that Fabi brought on behalf of the city of Palo Alto. Both the soccer and softball leagues in Palo Alto donated a lot of equipment to the cause. Not to mention it would be very heavy to lug back :-).
Love you kiddo.
Mom
Hello to my rainier peeps!! 🙂 I’ve enjoyed reading your posts and seeing all the adventures and experiences you guys have been having!! It looks like such a blast and I so wish I could’ve gone with you!
I can’t wait to hear how your Chimborazo hike goes, and I hope each of you are astounded by the beauty of it all! I hope you enjoyed seeing the vicuñas! They’re so cute!!
I love all of you and I’m so proud of the work you’re doing and the bravery you are each showing as you step into new challenges and adventures every single day! Keep up the good work, and keep drinking water! Love y’all?
Hi Adri. Only a couple more days til you’re home. Yay! I know you might not feel Yay about leaving.
Not much here. Chockey had to go to work due to the big Groupon and she seemed quite happy about it actually. When it was time to dismount I was helping her rider and she didn’t quite understand the part about holding on as you slid off so she just kinda popped off and went straight to the ground on her bum. Like popcorn. She was very good natured about it which is good because I was doubled over in laughter and not really much help.
Everyone misses you and is looking forward to you putting some shelves in the garage.
Hurry home!
Love, mom
Clairita,
This is probably our last comment before we get to see you in person! We have loved
all the pictures of you and all the Glimpsers, and all those KIDS!
Make sure to take some extra deep breaths of the Ecuador air, smell the smells, feel the
dirt, the tree bark, taste the tastes…
Your face tells the story, as it always does, and it looks so happy, so peaceful, so engaged.
You will be back from your big hike when you read this, so I hope it was exciting…I know
it was awesome and amazing! Inhaler? Knees? Views?
Your family awaits!!!
Love, Dad, Mom, Ozzy and Yuki
We hope your hike was everything good you expected. Now you can add one more volcano to your list! Claudia, Evyn and Aislyn were here for a few days and we really missed you. I told your dad I didn’t think you’d eat the guinea pig. I told him it was like not eating whale. Then he said maybe he gets it. Hope you have an easy trip home. Can’t wait to hear all about your trip!
Love, Mom