Hello everyone!

Today we had an amazing day! We cannot believe that in a few time we were able to get to know each other. In the morning, we had a delicious breakfast at Hotel Ambassador and then we traveled to Riobamba, which will be our home for the following 15 days. We arrived to Riobamba around 2pm and after we unloaded the suitcases from the bus, we had time to explore Hotel Tren Dorado, which has beautiful common areas and its owner, Dra María, was very friendly. Then we went to Roma Santa Restaurant where we met Isabel, who is the owner of the restaurant, she was really cute with the Glimpsers and she introduced herself as “the second mom of the Glimpsers.” 

After lunch we went over our first seminars: Welcome & Accommodation and Líder del Día. We were able to introduce ourselves and we started to play a funny game “Secret Friend” that consists in being kind with one of our partner without letting him/her know who is his/her “secret friend” during the whole trip. 

We finally went back to Roma Santa for dinner and had such amazing time! There were two unexpected things: First, our Glimpser Jasmine showed us a picture of her dad, who was a GG Leader in Ecuador few years ago, and when Isabel knew about it, she was extremely happy and told Jasmine that she will always remember her father, who is a great person! It was a really sensitive moment. And second, our Glimpsers Jared, Celeste and Jasmine took the initiative to do karaoke and of course all of us sang with them! It was pretty funny! They are really talented!

We need to highlight the fact that we have the best GGLeaders: Chris and Kristen, who are really enthusiastic people! Finally, we had our first nightly meeting.We shared our “Big Loves” and we ended the day with a “Unity Clap.”

Tomorrow we will have the City Tour, Glimpsers will learn about the history of Riobamba, Riobamba is known as the City of the First Fruit, and they will find out why.

Hasta mañana,

Andrea & Paúl