Recent posts from: Riobamba – 7/02/2015


Departure Day


“Always be fashionably late” ~Anon   Departure Day. The most least looked forward to day. We spent the day trying to wrap our minds around the fact that this was the last day. We have spent the last 2 and a half weeks together and now that would end....

Reflection Day


Today, I was leader of the day for Reflection day. We started with a wake up at 7 AM. This was followed by breakfast of fruit along with bread and jam. From there, we moved on to our Final Reflection seminar. During this seminar, we talked about the entire trip as a...

Community Action Project Day #2


Hey guys! It’s Cynthia and Darwin. Today we had the challenge of being El Lider Del Dia.  Even though we were tired from the previous day, we had an early start in order to have more productive working time with the Pusuca community. Once we arrived we quickly...

CAP Delivery Day 1


Hello friends & family! We hope everyone is doing well on this lovely Friday. Today was the first day we worked on our Community Action Project (CAP) and it was a huge progression towards success. The day started at seven in the morning and was followed by a...

Free Day #2


Hola Today was our second free day. Our delegation split into groups of 4 and spent quality time exploring the city, visiting the markets, and preparing for our Community Action Project (CAP). Anai, Bryant, Michaela, and myself spent our morning at Juan’s place...

Went to Magic Forest-No Elves Seen (Fun Day 2)


Hello world. Today was full of exploration as we traveled to the base of a volcano, Chimborazo (tallest peak in Ecuador), and to a “magic” forest. We started our day at 630a and quickly got on the bus to drive to the basecamp of Chimborazo. On our way...

Poverty Day


  We started the day off by taking a bus to the Cathedral in Riobamba and waiting for the kids we were going to work with and our guest speaker Luis to come. First, Luis introduced the kids to us,  welcomed us to the experience we were about to have and gave us a...