Recent posts from: Matagalpa2 – 07/03/2014


Living on a dollar a day


  Today I was the the leader of the day for living on a dollar on a day. My experience today was the best. My host family was very inviting to strangers in their home. I didn’t feel like an outsider, I felt like part of the family. My host mother was very polite...

Lets Cherish The Last Moments We Have


Hey Global Glimpse family So we are reaching the last moments of the trip. Today was the last of our free days and I must say we got a lot of things done today. Laundry was done, phones calls were made home, some did last minute shopping around and of course bonded...

DÍA DE DIVERSIÓN


The day we have all longed for after so many days of hard work, FUN DAY finally arrived ! We were really excited to get as much out of this day so we decided to tell  our Global Glimpsers a small white lie. Usually everyone takes so long to get ready, so like the...

CAP Project Day II


Today was a long day… We woke up early, showered, and went to breakfast. Afterwards we went to “El Ministerio de la Familia” to finish up the CAP project we started yesterday. We worked tirelessly for about 4 hours and then had lunch before working...

First Day of CAP!


Hello Friends & Family! Today July 16, 2015 was the first day of our CAP Project at Ministerio de la Familia. This organization helps homeless adults and children get off the street. At first it was difficult because we had to get everything organized, such as...

FUN DAY!


Today was an extraordinary day. It was  FUN day. We got a taste of what a vacation is, not saying everyday in Nicaragua for the past days does not feel like paradise. We woke up around seven in the morning, not as early as the other days, and by nine o clock we got...

Being a Nicaraguan High Schooler for a Day


Today was a very special day – it was our last reality challenge and we shadowed a Nicaraguan High school student. We had an early 5am wake up so I was surprised to see the rest of my fellow glimpsers just as excited as me. After breakfast, we split into two...