Hello friends and family it’s day 10 which means we are on our final 8 days! Today was Global Business Day and it was a fairly simple day. Although it was an easy day, it started very early. Since I was the leader, I was in charge of getting everyone up 6:00 in the morning. It was way too early to be starting my day since, I am not a morning person what so ever. It took a minute to get everyone up but once we all got up, we found our sync with one another. After we got up, we all got ready and headed over for an early breakfast at Imabite. After we ate we had a seminar on global business and talked about fair trade as well as the salt factory that we will be visiting after the seminar. Once the seminar ended we hit the road to the factory and we listened to a lot of music to make sure we were ready for the day ahead especially a group favorite “Mr. Policeman.” Once at the factory, we met the manager and he showed us around the factory. While showing us around the factory, we learned how salt is made and purified for human consumption. Not only that but we also saw people hand sealing the salt bags which then got packaged in bulk and sent to stores so it can be bought. After the tour, many people asked really good questions about the working conditions and what goes on behind the scenes. As soon as the questions were answered, I as leader gave the manager a gift on behalf of us glimpsers and thanked him for letting us come to the factory and showing us around.
After the tour was over, we went back on the bus and came back to Imabite for lunch. As soon as lunch was done, we came back to the hostel to prep for our English tutoring and CAP presentation. At 1:30, a money exchange person came and we exchanged money so we can have some bank to spend! At 2:00 we were supposed to have a speaker and go on a field trip but it got cancelled. We didn’t mind that at all because that gave us 3 hours of free time! Who doesn’t love free time especially here in León after all the hard work we’ve been doing! During our free time, we all split into groups and went to the Internet café, Central Park, a smoothie place, a coffee shop and many more. It was very nice getting more free time since León is such a beautiful place and there is so much to see. After our 3 hours of free time came to an end, we went back to Imabite for dinner and off to English tutoring which is one of my favorite things. I love my class so much and everyone else loves their class as well because they’re all so excited to learn English and I love it! After tutoring, we walked back to the hostel and had the well known nightly meeting in which we talked about the day we had and the question of the day which was, “What are the challenges of starting a business in Nicaragua?” After a couple people answered, I passed the torches to our two new leaders Adam and Vishaal! Can’t wait to see how they do tomorrow! After we passed the necklaces, the new leaders went over the schedule for Tuesday and talked about how we have a special dinner planned for tomorrow which I am definitely looking forward to!
In conclusion, today was a very calm day and it wasn’t packed unlike most days. Tomorrows blog will be done by Adam and Vishaal so look out for that and thank you for taking the time to read the blogs and comment on them. We appreciate it so much and always look forward to seeing what everyone says! Much love to you all! Can’t wait to see you all soon!
-Joseph Sabados
Hola Nayeli espero que la experiencia que estes viviendo que les sirva en un futuro a ti y a tus compañeros en un futuro,estoy orgullosa de ti por tu empeño y dedicacion a tus estudios. Te queremos y te extrañamos mucho. Echale ganas !!!
Hey GG Leon Delegation #2,
This is Daniel Tkach, one of the leaders from the other Leon delegation. On behalf of our delegation, I just wanted to send you all some Big Love encouragement as you start your CAP presentation and project. We hope it goes well. Oh, and we might follow your lead and get some hammocks for our hostel.
And shoutout to Olivia for being the lider del dia the other day–rep that Tino pride!
Enjoy the second half of your time in the city.
Daniel Tkach (Mr. Tkach)
Hi jasmine!!! Its johanna! Miss ya lots and I hope that you are enjoying your trip to the fullest. Enjoy your time left and make lots of memories. Love ya lots, be safe, and greetings from UCI.
AW ITS MA BOIIIII! IM SO PROUD OF YOU! Legit, waking up at 6! That’s insane! Like your snapchat stories go on till 9 am and then you pass out and wake up again to watch Orange is the New Black! Imma give you a virtual slow clap for that! And the English classes! I’m super impressed! And here we were being skeptical about your teaching credentials! I’ll retract my statements 😀 Also, Dude, one of our speakers didn’t come either so we watched this documentary we had already seen when we were reading In the Time of Butterflies. Lol, I’m getting a bit jealous over here. I feel like a proud mom! Congrats dude! Miss you loads! Save me a few cordobas!
Dear Joseph,
I loved reading your Blog Post very early this morning! I’m so proud and happy for you and the other Glimpsers! Have a great adventure, and experience all that you can!
Love,
Mom
Hi Joey,
Hi Joey! Its mom. Taking a break from painting the cat’s room. Once it’s painted, and carpeted, hopefully it won’t just be for the cat anymore:) The blog posts are really fun to read. Last night I looked up images of the beach where you went on Google. I love mangrove trees! Had Mod Pizza for lunch for the first time and didn’t like it so much—hopefully the pizza you ate tonight was better! Have you and Joseph S. done a trumpet mouthpiece buzzing performance yet? Sleep well and I hope everyone continues to have a great time. Love you lots, and Cindy Lou misses you!! Chihuahua power!!!
Heyyyy guys!! Room 3 and 5 from L2b reppin!!! Petra, Athena, and Ariadna-we hope you’re having as much fun as we did!! Athena you have snaps to check when you get home! Say hi to Humberto from us! Kirsten we love you and miss you! Love, Sydney and Luwam
Awesome Joseph! Wow, a salt factory. I’m sure that trip was interesting! You guys are working hard and learning a lot! CHEERS to you all!
HiJasmin! Que cada dia k as pasado sea una gran experiencia a tu vida que nunca olvidaras con detayes por que eres una niña tan noble e inteligente y siempre los llevarás en tu corazón todo lo que as logrado y vivido en esta meta que estas por cumplir asi que te felicito niña hermosa te extraño y te quiero mucho besitos de tu tia Martha