News & Stories

2024 Student Trip Blogs

Each evening, the Student Leaders of the Day write a daily trip blog, sharing everything from funny moments and inside jokes to detailed recaps and deep reflections on their experiences. Family and friends back home leave supportive comments as they follow along. Explore some of our Alumni Interns’ favorite blogs from 2024 or search all 2024 student trip blogs below.

half circle
Featured

Community Day: Finding Beauty in connection

Read Story
Student Trip

Day 8: CAP Day 1! (No. 4)

Today was our first CAP Day (Community Action Project). Our mission was to plant trees and connect the Azuero dry rainforest, which had been…
Student Trip

DAY 10: CAP Day #1 (No. 8)

Hello and good morning, afternoon, or night :),Xitlali here! Today was the first day of our Community Action Project AKA CAP! The day started…
Student Trip

Day 1

Today has been a great day for this delegation! The group started the day with breakfast and followed by a seminary about Dominican culture…
Student Trip

New faces new connections 🙂

Holaaaaa!Even though we started the day late (so that the Glimpsers had some time to rest after their long trip here), we managed to…
Student Trip

Day 9 – Fun Day!! (No. 3)

We just have to say you guys… today was amazing<3 We started our day by waking up before everyone else (like usual) except this…

Sign up for our newsletter or follow us on social media for the latest news and updates.

Student Trip

Day 7: FUN DAY! (No. 11)

What’s up y’all! It’s your number 1 LDDs, Jack and Annie. Today we all woke up at 8:30. We had Ilka’s incredible breakfast where…
Student Trip

Welcome to Turrialba! (No. 4)

Greetings from Turrialba! Another day in Costa Rica and we can’t get enough!Today we had our first breakfast at the base house and went…
Student Trip

Welcome to DR 🙂 (No. 3)

Hello, everyone arrived safe and sound.Everything went smoothly from the airport to our accommodation in Jarabacoa.Surprisingly, the children had energy after the day traveling…
Student Trip

The Adventure Begins

Today is the day! After countless days of dreaming about arriving in the Dominican Republic, the anticipation has finally paid off. Though the wait…
Student Trip

Final day and Panama Canal

Hi All!!Here’s a full recap of today; We took it very chill as this was the last full day in Panama. We woke up…