Hey, this is Valerie and Emily here!
Today, our day was very business-focused. We finally had our meeting with Mauricio who we have partnered with to do our Community Action Project. He accepted all of our great ideas of fixing up the school and making it look fresh and clean. Next, we made our way to Cacha Alir Sams where we had lunch with the Cacha community. We were given a variety of foods and that includes us trying GUIEAN PIG (Cuy)! To be honest, it was pretty good! After that, we had our tour at Cacha Alir Sams, where we got to learn more about Indigenous’ history and their native plants. Lastly, before our tour ended, we had a cleansing ceremony that they did for us with different plants. It’s part of their culture to leave out any negative energy that we have taken with us. Once our tour ended, we came back to the hotel where met with Mauricio again to finalize our materials for our project and we had dinner after that! It was so delicious after a long day of touring and negotiating. We had beef, rice, salad, and orange tea – all thanks to Isabel for her amazing cooking! We called it a night after that and we are so stoked for tomorrow!! Stay tuned for that!
With So Much Love- Valerie and Emily
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That’s an interesting meal! Did you try it Jordan? Can’t wait to see what you guys do next. We miss you JD. I’m counting down the days 😂. We Love you – Dad, Mom and Bro’s 🫶🏽
What a feast! From what I can see, the spread on the table looks yummy, but I’m not sold on the guinea pig 🥴. You brave souls.
Zoe, Aunty M sends you her love.
I love you! Miss you tons! 🧡🤗 Mom
Querida Señora Isabel – Gracias por mantener a nuestros hij@s bien alimentad@s. :o)
And Wow! You all ate Guinea Pigs?! How brave! Can’t wait to hear the details of this experience, Siboney! LOL You know I would have struggled because I grew up caring for them as pets…not as potential meals.
Isani sang happy birthday to me this morning and I missed you… We will get to celebrate together when we see you next week.
I love all that you are learning with the Cacha community. What a beautiful experience. I hope you are able to keep a journal.
Con cariño,
Mamá Zoia
Hi Zoe, lunch looks delicious, especially the GUIEAN PIG. You are going to have some great stories to share with your classmates next school year. I for one can’t wait to hear all about it! Love you!! miss you!! – Dad
it looks delicious it seems that you are having lots of fun, i look forward to read what else you guys are doing, te queremos mucho Marcie y te extranamos tu mama tus ermanas pimi y yo.
I am glad they agreed with all your amazing ideas. I believe cleaning up the school and making it look neat is an awesome idea. Wow I cant believe you all got to try guinea pig. Aaliyah did you get brave enough to try it? Looks like you are all being well feed by Isabel. Gracias Isabel. I can’t wait to hear about tomorrow.
Meghan, I think Dad will be so proud of you for trying guinea pig. However, I’m going to reserve judgement along with Spike, OUR PET GUINIEA PIG! I doubt he’ll ever be able to trust you again. He’ll probably be able to smell his kin on your breath. You’re going to have to chew a lot of Big Red to get rid of the evidence.
Love you!
-Mom
I’m so glad that Mauricio liked your ideas about fixing up the school; can’t wait to see the work y’all do. Shout out to the Cacha community for sharing their culture and history with you. So many things to say about the little Cuy dude;) We look forward to the blog posts every morning-keep ’em coming! Love you, Sibo! Dad
Hope you are enjoying the different foods there and making great memories. What a great experience to see how others live around the world. We miss you, but it’s great that we can use your bed for all the laundry we’re too lazy to fold right away. :-). Keep learning and enjoying all your new experiences!
Great update Emily and Valerie! Wow, every day you Glimpsers do (and eat!) such interesting things! Sounds like a great day with the Cacha community. Looking forward to hearing more about your CAP project. Take care!
Amazing! Jemma. did you really try the Guinea pig? It looks delicious. It sounds like every day is filled with such new experiences and adventures. Love Mom
Hello Emily, I’m so proud of you for eating guinea pig. Love Dad That’s
Y’all ate Guinea Pigs!? How brave! Yeah, I would have struggled with Cuy since I grew up taking care of them as pets…
Can’t wait to hear about your experience, Sibo, especially about learning with the Cacha community.
Que sigan las aventuras!
Mamá Zoia