Hi Glimpser Families! My name is Maddie and I’m gonna be writing the first half of the daily blog (Julia will be writing the second). Thank you to all the parents for leaving comments, and Dad, your moves will always be sweeter than mine. Today is the 4th day of our trip and education day. After our usual early morning and breakfast, we then planned our “English Tutoring Class” in which we will carry out later today. We then took a bus to Unidad Educativa Especial Carlos Gabay which is a school dedicated to helping kids with mental and physical disabilities. The school is constantly growing with 348 students ranging from 2 months to 18 years old. Besides the traditional subjects like language and mathematics they teach hands on skills like cooking and woodworking. After a long tour of the facility and its many wonderful programs (like hydrotherapy) we took a bus to a farm owned and operated by the school. There they grow herbs (for example toronquil which makes great tea), tomatoes, and peppers. They also raise some adorable animals like guinea pigs and rabbits. One of the male rabbits was the size of a small golden retriever puppy which I thought was very cute. After finishing our second tour we headed off for lunch at Nativa.
Hello! My name is Julia, and I was the second lider del dia today. After lunch at Nativa’s, we drove back to our hostel for a quick seminar about our CAP (Community Action Project) in which we will carry out during later dates. After this seminar, we quickly dressed up, hopped on the bus, and drove to another school campus. Diego, one of our leaders, assigned us classrooms in which each group had an assigned leader (they were Maddie, Cesar, Andrea, Kimberly, Dallana, Marcos, and I) and, along with all other global glimpse participants, we taught Ecuadorian students, ages ranging from 6 to 30, English. In my class, Zahra, Amay, Faith, and I taught ten 7 to 8 year olds conversation starters, fruits, names, etc. We also played games with them and sung songs such as “Head and shoulders”. In my picture, one of the boys in our class gave me a small paper boat he made by himself in his free time (he also gave Zahra one too) :). Some of these pictures show us teaching our students English. Ms. Burton also took some pictures of rainbows as we were teaching! Today was another great day and we cannot wait for what’s in store later.
HERE ARE SOME MESSAGES FROM SOME OF US :
Julia: Mama, I hope you know that everyone else whom writes comments has a legitament name, while yours is just “mama”. That’s okay because I love it almost as much as I love you. I miss all the familia and I can’t wait to show you guys the great gifts I have for you and the memories I’ve created. (Tell Papi to read this too pls) LOVE YOU GUYS :)))))))
Diana: Hola Ma, Pa, Lili, y Edgar los amo y los extrano mucho. Lloro aveces pero me estoy divertido! El sabado voy a tener chanza te llamarlos o mandarte a Edgary Lili un correo electronico, (keep your email notifications on) Los amo!
(Unkown?): Tammie Allison, my mommy, and my best friend, I love you. 🙂
Katie H: Love to my family:)
Maddie: I really miss you guys(especially Ginger!) more than I thought I would. I’m pretty homesick for just about everything except the weather but I’ll be okay. Hope you’re all managing without me, much love.
Andrea we love and miss you, but we are so happy you are having an adventures trip.
Thank you Maddie and Julia for the update and pics! I know that all of you are doing an awesome job teaching! How exciting and rewarding! Faith your sister has started talking to herself and she is halfway starving because she is too lazy to cook and she says that she misses you cooking for her.
Mommy loves you?
Hi Amay
How are you!!
I missed you bro.
Take care and be safe
We miss you too, Maddie, and are very proud of you for taking on this adventure so far from home! Please do not bring home any new pets because Ginger would be very jealous. We love you!
Hola Julia,
I love reading about your adventures in teaching! I’m sure teaching the little ones made you think about your little sis. We all miss you here and we can’t wait to see what you’re up to next ? I’m so proud of you!! xoxo
Everyone looks great. So proud. Misssss you Zahra!
So wonderful you guys were able to give an opportunity to teach and educate the locals. Proud moment for all the parents here in the states. Hope the weather is not too bad over there. Hi Mindy and Salyna!! Hope you guys are having a great time!?
Wow Julia, not being mentioned just makes me miss you more 🙂
To Katie H and the entire group: It is absolutely fantastic to see you guys doing such wonderful activities and engaging in the community. I’m so thrilled you’re there and love seeing the pictures of your activities. I miss you Katie, but am so happy you’re there. — Daddy H
Julia – we are so proud if you for bravely going in this grand adventure. We miss you. Love Cameron and Olivia.
Katie, we miss you very much, but we’re so excited for you, too. Panther says “come home soon. And bring me some treats!”
Hi Maddie! That school sounds great! Eager to hear more about the ‘English tutoring class’ and the cute animals! So much going on for the students of this school!! I think it is super for those students to have you and your ‘colleagues’ there to participate in their education! So proud of you!
Hi julia sounds like you are experiencing great things!!Love the blog posting & pictures..missing you here but extremely proud and happy you are having this experience..Love you! Tia Monica…you look very happy!;)….can’t wait to hear about your trip … Hi this is Niamh. Hope you are having a great time!! Can’t wait to hear all the stories when you come back. Love You❤️
Hi it’s Emma! Hope u are having a good time …. I can’t wait to hear all about it! Safe travel :))?
Your times with the children will supply wonderful memories of this amazing learning experience. Enjoy the fun and challenges of each day everyone! Katie H. – we love seeing you in the photos and reading about all you are doing!
What a day! Love hearing about it all, and so well explained by the Leaders 🙂 Thanks for sharing and all the fabulous pics. Love you Sara!!
Hi there! Daily we look forward to the new blog postings and pics… Keeps us connected… Thanks…
Love and miss you Zahra
HI Katie
What fun you must be having! I guess you will learn a lot there too! How is the weather there in Ecuador? I liked the photo of the rainbow!
Marissa, I know your loving the animals and the little ones. I can’t wait to see the pictures. I hope everyone is enjoying the experience! As much as we all miss you we want you make the most of this memorable moment, none of us can say this enough to all of you!! Marissa, I love you, Mom.
Warms my heart to see everyone giving and sharing during the educational day. I think I saw a picture of Sara M with some students. Loving the experience to see the blog each day. d
Hi Mindeezy I hope you’re having the time of your life out there! I miss ya
Julia – You are an inspiration! I showed this to Owen (aka – Pie Man) and Jake and they think what you’re doing is “super cool”. :). Keep up the great work and can’t wait to read more about your adventures! Sending all our love! -Christy, Kyle, Owen, and Jake
Hi guys! My name is cammy and I was in the first delegation to riobamba. I was scrolling through the blog and I just want to let you know that this trip is so amazing. I hope all of you have an amazing time and I would love to talk to you guys about it. My email is [email protected]
Btw I saw the English teaching picture and the boy Jason was one of my students.
Good luck ❤️
Hi Marcos,
Hope you having fun.
Very proud of young man you have become..
Love you, miss you much.
~Dad~
To Julia and her fellow Glimpsers: I bet you’re all finding your groove and becoming close friends! Enjoy every minute of this fun-filled adventure.
Julia… You all look so happy and we can’t wait to see you. We love you and are so proud of you. Love Tío Seanie and Tía Cyndi
IHi Marcos! It’s great to see all the things you guys are doing. Enjoy everything you do. We are very proud of you. Apollo and Paris miss you very much! We all love and miss you! 🙂
~mom~
Julia-
You are making an impact each day with each person you meet! That’s the best part about teaching. I am sure you are having an amazing experience! Keep up the good work!!
~Jamie and the rest of the Phillips boys
A paper boat! I’m jealous Zahra….lots of love. #prouddad
So amazing Zahra. Keep everyone smiling, and you will feel the warmth of all their energy in your life. Soak it all in and enjoy it while it lasts! duas…Huda
Hey Julia!!! It’s your cuz, Diego. I hope everything is going well in Ecuador and that you are exploring a whole new world outside of ours. I can’t wait to touch base with you soon so you can tell me all about your trip! Don’t miss me too much!
-Diego
Yo sis, you look like you are having fun! In the first photo, you look like you are having a philosophical epiphany!!! Anywho, mom and dad miss you and wish you the best!!! Also don’t forget to drink water!
How was it teaching English? Did you make it fun for them? Miss you Mindy.