Question of the Day: How do young people spend their time in Guaranda in comparison to the U.S. ?
Quote of the day: The door to happiness opens outwards. Anyone who tries to push this door open, thereby causes it to close still more. – Soren Kierkegaard.
Hello Everyone! It’s Maritza and Yuvisela, your favorite Spanish speakers! Today was our second free day of our trip! The majority of the Glimpsers decided to spend their time talking to you guys, so you know what it is up! We all miss our family so much that we spent much of our free time talking in the Cabinas. We also took the time to buy you guys some sweet snacks, beautiful souvenirs, and the rest of the materials needed for our Community Action Project. Although our Program Coordinators, Stephanie and Camilo, had our free time planned out for us as 3 hours, our amazing Global Glimpse Leaders, Brittney, Brendan, and Carlos, made our day really flexible and fun, allowing us almost 3 extra hours of free time. We all took advantage of this time and made extra calls and went on our social medias. Although we missed social media and cell phones, we realized it was mostly because we missed talking to our friends and family.
We also made sure to enjoy our time just like Ecuadorians our age. They often spend their time having deep conversations, most of which can’t be spoken through a screen. All of the Glimpsers noticed how they do not rely on their phones for entertainment, do not walk down the street with their earbuds plugged in, and instead share their moments laughing and talking in person. We tend to forget the value of enjoying the presence of others. However, throughout this trip, we have been appreciating the company of everybody and living in the moment. We all plan to take this way of life back home with us and share it with all of you.
Sadly, today was our last day of our English tutoring. In such a short amount of time, we have grown to love our students. The feeling is mutual since the kids gave us many gifts including: balloons, a cake, bracelets, and a lifetime full of memories. We are sad that this wonderful opportunity to interact with locals in Guaranda has come to an end. Though some of us were bummed, our day was made when Brittney and Brendan allowed us to experience a Father’s Day concert hosted at the corner of our hotel. Although it was only for 20 minutes, our adrenaline was at a peak tonight. We all danced the night away and surprised the locals with our energy that even got us a special shout-out from the stage and a picture with Ms. Ecuador 2018. Overall, today was a very memorable day for the Glimpsers. We got the chance to experience the city of Guaranda in the eyes of a local.
Mucho Amor to our Global Glimpse leaders for making this day very special. Mucho Amor to Alexia, Meghan, and Nava for joining us to buy the paint for our Communit Action Project. Mucho Amor to Brandon for helping us serve and clean during our meals. Really Big Love to all of the Glimpsers for spreading so much positivity today.
Maritza and Yuvisela Earn The Torch
Feroz and GG
Every Day is a Parade in Guaranda (No, Seriously, We Are Not Sure)
Guaranda Sights (Mt. Chimborazo Always Making Its Presence Felt)
Final Day of Tutoring
Dance Party (There Is Video, Friends and Family)
What beautiful pictures of the architects of Ecuador! Watching the parade was nice treat too. I think the students will miss all of you more-if only you knew how much gratitude they have for you and the difference you made in their lives. Awesome job GG!
Miss you very much Meia! You’ll be home soon enough. Enjoy the time you have left to the fullest! Love you!!!!
Hi Lauryn! ?
Wow, the buildings there are so pretty… colorful & vibrant.
I’m glad you got a chance to see how kids your age in Ecuador spend their time… you’ll have to share with your siblings when you get home ?
We’re going to Michael oppa’s wedding tomorrow. I’ll tell him & Unji unni you said hi 😉
Take good care & see you soon…
Mom
Hi kay,
It was nice to see you and your fellow glimpsers enjoying the city of Guaranda for the 2nd time. You’re all lucky to have experienced and see how people live their daily lives without technology on their hands.
Hope you enjoyed tutoring English to the children. We are really proud of you!
Thank you for calling your dad and greet him before Father’s Day! You made his day! He was very happy!
We really miss you! Take care always and love you so much!
❤️❤️dad, mom, Nikki and Chai❤️❤️
P.S.
Lola says hi!!
Parade, concert & dancing. Such a lively, lovely day. It’s indeed more fun when you appreciate the presence of your friends & people around you.
Hi Sophia. We look forward to hear about your tutoring experience, knowing that you were all excited about it.
We’re thinking about you everyday.
Love,
Mommy, Daddy, Iffy, & Pluto & Mars.
P.s. Pluto is missing you.
Hi Lolo!
Sounds like you had a great, relaxing day yesterday!
Audrey is turning 5 in just a couple days. Can you believe it? The girls miss you a lot too! Audrey says you’ll be gone for 16 days. Hah.
Love you! ?
Hi My Boy Brandon,
What a Beautiful day, the weather was nice. Love seeing all the Pictures and glad you all got to enjoy extra free time. Looks like the city of Guaranda sure enjoyed your time there as well. I seen everyone dancing in the streets but you standing on the side…lol
The Parade was nice also. Well we had Cake & Ice Cream for your Brothers 21st Birthday here last night, Your Nephews Michael & Frankie and you Brother Rich showed up. Lets just say your Brother had a good night. We’ll explain when you get home, plus we have video 😉
Love you my Boy and can’t wait to see you.
Dad & Roseanne
What a pretty town! We also want to visit there sometime.
How are you doing Eunice? We are having a quiet Saturday now. Truffle is following Elaine everywhere even to the upstairs. She said probably Truffle is looking for Eunice^^
Have a fun and rewarding days. We know you are doing an excellent job and counting 5 more days to see you:)
Love,
mom, dad, Elaine, Truffle
Looks like Ecuadorians know how to enjoy themselves! So glad you get to experience and be a part of this, Grace. We miss you like crazy and are so happy you get to have this wonderful experience. Ruby was so bummed you couldn’t hear her. I guess she went running out into Ava’s front yard so she could yell into the phone without waking everyone up and you still couldn’t hear her. She loves you and still was so glad to hear your voice. I was so happy to talk to you again and hear how it’s all going. Enjoy painting the school – you come with experience!
I love you,
Mom
Hi my Boo!
I love all these pictures! I am so thankful for these blogs every day. I feel like I’m almost a part of your trip. Looks like you all had a fabulous free day. Can’t wait to see your face on June 21st. Keep doing amazing things.
Love, Mom
Wow Glimpsers! Parade and dancing?
Sounds like everyone had a great, and relaxing day! the buildings looks beautiful and full of color. I’m glad everyone got a chance to see kids your age in Ecuador spend their time.
Apryl, we are thinking of you whenever we read the blogs. I want to see more of your pictures.
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Love and miss so much,
Mom, Dad, Nathan, and Bagel
What a great post! The photos of the city’s architecture are simply breathtaking. And thank you for reminding us back here at home that it’s ok to disconnect from the digital world every once in a while to appreciate the beauty and joy around us and to just live in the moment. And that’s exactly what you Glimpsers are doing on this trip!
We’re all guilty of immersing ourselves in our devices **ahem (dad)** ? that we tend to lose focus on the more important things in life.
That said, we realize you’ve been away from us way too long now and we can’t wait for you to come home Meia!
Love and missing you more and more!
Dad, Cat, Kayleb, and ‘the boys’
Hey Carter, my (insert lengthy name of endearment here),
Miss you tons and think about you all the time. So thankful for what a wonderful group you’re with and how much you’re learning. I’ll bet you have a bunch of stuff to teach us. I hope you’re doing awesome. I’m picturing you speaking a bunch of spanish when you get back. Absorb all the positive vibes we’re sending and know that we so look forward to checking for a new post from you guys every day to see how you’re doing. The posts are always so interesting too. Much, much love babe. Continued good hope and well wishes.
Parades, bright building, good friends….sounds like my kind of place.
Glad you all are connecting on many levels and as all of parents would say ‘not on your phones’!! 🙂
Ashwin,
Maanasi came back home today. She had a wonderful experience in Mexico building the house. I shared your pictures with Akka Maushi and kaka and they were thrilled to hear about the volcano, music, teaching and of course to see you in the photos.
Have fun painting- maybe between you and Maanasi you guys can do the painting of our house too. :0
love you
Mom
Hey sister we miss you here at the house I can’t wait to hear all the stories about your trip. I’m glad your meeting new friends and experienceing this trip to the fullest. I saw the picture your in it looks like your showing off your cool dance moves. Have fun see you soon. Saludos desde San José from your big brother and Familia.
It looks so nice out there! Thank for the invite (didn’t really get one) hope your having fun Yuvi, miss you much xo.
Hey Yuvi! Sorry I haven’t kept up with your trip from the start, but I’m happy that you get to experience Ecuador’s beauty and culture. I know you will leave a positive impact on the locals and your students. I hope you enjoy the rest of your trip and I’m excited to see what you learn and apply to your life back home!