Hey Everyone! This is Arzoo and Aditi and today was Global Business Day. Our day started off really early with a wake-up call at 6 am. Unfortunately two students were not feeling well so Elly had to stay behind during breakfast. For breakfast we joined all the tables together and made two long tables so everyone could mingle. Today was Daniel and Elly’s day off so we got to spend the day with Nancy and Noel. After breakfast we had an academic seminar ran by another Global Glimpse employee Yader, who lives in Leon. His happy and joyful personality rubbed off on everyone as we learned about fair trade.
Then we left for our field trip to SALINSA, a salt and shrimp factory which was about an hour away from the hostel. The bus ride was very fun with everyone singing and dancing. At SALINSA we talked to the manager who gave us a tour of the place. After seeing how tired most of us were, Nancy and Noel decided to have a quick change of plans. Instead of going to the market, we got some free time to catch up on sleep and make phone calls home.
Just as we were about to head out to the plaza for a festival, rain struck. We were able to witness our first thunderstorm here in Nicaragua. After waiting 30 minutes, the rain finally stopped and we headed to the plaza. Some groups got smoothies while others shopped for souvenirs. We continued to dinner and then English tutoring.
We are bonding with our English group a lot and it’s becoming very fun to see our students so engaged and ready to learn. At the end of every class, we play a games with our students. Everyone is finally getting the hang of teaching! After our two hour long tutoring session, we walked back to hostel and got ready for the nightly meeting. We continued by doing some team building activities which included the Human Knot, Step Forward, and group discussion questions.
Overall it was a relaxing but long day. We are very excited to go to bed and catch up on some much needed sleep. All the Glimpsers are having lots of fun and are missing their families too. We appreciate all the comments!
Love,
Arzoo, Aditi and the rest of the Glimpsers <3
*****Note from leaders Daniel and Elly: We’re having trouble uploading pictures again, but will try tomorrow!*****
The adventures continue! Thanks Arzoo and Aditi for this post and it’s good to see that the GG leaders could get a well-deserved break. Deep appreciation and gratitude to Daniel, Elly, Nathan, and Noel for always taking good care of the group ?
Maya–hoping all is well and glad to hear that you are assimilating to your environment. Dad and I really miss you but take full advantage of this experience, it will be over before you know it although the lessons learned will stay with you for many years to come.
AHHH aditi you were leader of the day! Reading your blog made me want to be back Nicaragua so bad 🙁 I hope you are having an amazing trip, it truly is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Enjoy the rest of your time there because trust me you’ll miss it more than you think. But I can’t wait for you to come home so we can finally see each other and share our experiences!!
Te extraño
Sophie
Hello, I can understand everyone is tired. Each day is packed full of activities. I didn’t receive a phone call yesterday from my you Michael. I would like to hear from you. I hope it’s nothing serious for the two students that aren’t feeling well. Miss you Michael. Love Mom
Good Morning Mallie!
I am excited that you were able to experience business in a global scale. I’m curious to know what kind of salt factory you visited. The first thought that came to my mind was a factory that would package the little spicy salt packages that Peter would eat. 🙂 I also can’t wait to hear about the shrimp factory. I’m imagining fields and fields of shrimp farms, like the way they had it Hawaii. 😉 I went to Costco yesterday and purchase some new patio string lights. I can’t wait to put them up. I promise I won’t cut the cord this time. 🙂 I’ve been swimming every other day. I think Coco & Knukles are getting used to me being in there now. Sopheak came over last night and we were night swimming. We also did a few jumps in the pool. I even did one with the huge donut floaty. I don’t suggest you do that when you get home. I will tell you that story when you are home. I hope you and your follow glimpsers are bonding and having a great time. The next time it rains, you should dance in it a little while waiting for the sun. We miss you and can’t wait to see you next week!
Love,
Mommy & Scary
I hope everyone is feeling better- I really miss seeing pictures of your activities.
It’s been a few days now but I guess not having access to a strong signal is one of the things that we don’t worry about at home.
I know everyone is starting to think more about what we take for granted
Aditi
Glad you were leader on Business Global Day, which is going to be your major next 4-5 years. Very good blog written by you & Arzoo,and loved the way you included everyone from breakfast to the end of report , as a TEAM.
I was happy to hear from you yesterday, cant wait to see you back in a week. Am already at the airport waiting for you ( just kidding ). Hope you are taking lot of pics, send to me, and I promise to embarrass you by posting those on facebook.
Spend your money wisely, and do get good gifts for the locals and local leaders, as your appreciation to them.
Love you
Mommy
Kush,
I’m glad you had a relaxing day!! You must be so exhausted after all the activities you’ve been doing 🙁 As for updates, I’m shopping for Qianxi’s birthday present right now. I’m going to get her the Naked Smoky Palette because it’s half off today, but I’m going to have to drive to Ulta when it opens (10AM) to beat out the other customers ? You probably think I’m so lame LOOOL and also I might get eyelash extensions before I leave for NY, but Tay and Tig are going to try them first to see if it’ll look good. Oh BTW, I’m leaving for New York on August 9th ? You’re probably still going to be jetlagged on the 8th, but if you want I can leave the Senior Center early on the 9th and we can hang out a bit before my flight. Let me know!! Sorry this is so long I don’t know when I’ll hear from you next 🙁 I miss you so much and I really hope to hear your voice soon. Have loads of fun and stay safe, IMY ?
Aditi
I enjoyed reading about your day! I was really happy to hear from you yesterday! Call me again as soon as you can.
Today I had to wake up really early and go play tennis. Coach Dave was asking about you and how you’re doing.
Mom went and turned in the tennis registration at school. We are all just laying around at home today and planing on having barbecue tonight.
btw dad misses you the most and keeps talking about you.
Dipti
Hi Sophia!
Thanks for taking time to call me-I didn’t know you would have free time but I was glad to hear your voice and know that you are ok. I’m sorry some of the students weren’t feeling well but hopefully everyone will enjoy Cerro Negro on Sunday.
It sounds like fun but I wonder if I would have the energy to make it up there?!
I can’t wait to see all the pictures that we’ve been missing of your daily experiences. Do you talk about what people will enjoy more when they come home? I have some beautiful pictures to show you too!
Love mom
Tio and cats are fine. We all miss you
Hi Kenny,
We came back to the Bay Area yesterday. It was a relaxing vacation in Chicago. We hope you doing well because we did’nt get a call from you. Take care and have more fun!
Love
Mom and Dad
Hey Natalie, hope you’re doing well. CHAMPS was today (7/30) and it was a long day. I know your team mates missed you. Corrine asked about you, said to tell you hi.
Mommy,daddy, Nathan and Olive
It was so good to hear from you today Kali, and to know that you are enjoying your experience with GG…absorb everything you see and do and treasure all of your memories as you wrap up this next week before you all head home…Will look forward to seeing pictures of your CAP and hear more about your teaching experiences. Have a great time tomorrow and keep safe!
Papa is back in Hawaii with Grandma and everyone there and here at home send their love to you. Just one more week! Enjoy it! Lots of Love, Dad…
Hi my darling , hope you had a wonderful time at the salt and shrimp factory. we had Adian, Billy, and Jake at church today and after church we went to cheese park in Pinole. we put a video on Facebook. Andy said, HI peasant . whatever that means lol. we prayed for all of you at church today. how is your wrist i hope it’s feeling better. 🙂 Miss you so much . call me when you can . Sasha says Meow meow meow that means she misses you too.