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Beach day- Dia de la playa

Greetings Family and Friends,

This morning we went to Playa El Arenal where Refugio Pedasi is located and where we first had a tour of the dunes. We also worked in groups to pick up trash along the beach. Then we sorted the trash into groups of plastic, foam, and shoes. This process helped us to understand what Margaret’s organization does on a daily basis, and we found that there was more amount of plastic than anything else. Refugio Pedasi takes inventory of the trash to find out the origin, what is discarded most, and from which companies. Afterwards, we went to a souvenir shop in Pedasi where we bought some great local souvenirs. Then we went to Oleajes Del Sabor where we were able to catch the ending of the Argentina vs. Egypt game for the World Cup, and we again ate delicious Panamanian food. We went to Playa Venao a Playita Resort where we were able to swim in the ocean, play soccer on the beach, eat special cake, enjoyed the afternoon with the nice weather and good company. On the bus we had a karaoke session we sang Brasilian songs with an instrument Eliezer bought. After the bus drive home, we had our last dinner at Asado Criss from our hotel and enjoyed our conversations. During our Big Love and Unity Clap we felt our most united. Our Unity Clap word for the evening was Familia! Enjoy our pictures below.

Sincerely,

Your Leaders of the Day,

Stefany, Eddy, and Eliezer

This is a personal shout out to my family and friends to thank them for reading the blog, supporting me throughout my journey this year, and for wishing me a good trip to Panama. I love all of you and hope to see you very soon. Big shout out to Abby for nominating me for Global Glimpse, being a good role model, and probably reading the blog (ILYSM!!). Everyone else I love yall.

Hey Mom and Dad,

I have really been missing you guys and the rest of the family so much. I’m coming back very soon just you wait. I’ve had a lot of fun on this trip and made a ton of new friends. This has been an amazing experience and opportunity. I loved every activity and bonding time. I’ve been smiling a lot more here as well. I’ve also changed for the better and grown more as a man and a person in general. Also I finally got to be Leader of the Day or Lider del Dia and I held some power and with my co LDDs we lead our group successfully. I can’t wait to come back to NYC to see everyone. I love you guys so much.

Love, Eddy

Hey mom and dad miss you see you on Thursday we’ve had a great time.

Love,

Eliezer

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Comments (8)

ABBYYYY

on July 8, 2026 at 2:38 am

My sweet stefany. Ive been in mourning since the lost. Ive lost the meaning of life for a moment. What happiness looks like in a different form that isn’t watching our team play. Me,alejo and evelyn watched the game when it ended alejo looks at me saying oh you good abby? I nodded yes but I started bawling 🄲 at times like these i really miss you. Im sorry I didn’t comment I was out of it since then. But im back I promise ive been reading at least. Every picture I see you in I show the fam. Can’t wait to see you and also okay roblox šŸ˜“. What a way to keep me and everyone on our toes on what else you would say abt the trip🄸. Im very proud of you and I hope this helped you. I genuinely am so excited to see what you’ll tell me. I have ALOT to tell you abt the switch up dun dun dunnnnnn. Okay love you 🦭 soak in these last days well last day?! Let’s just say it’ll be a emotional roller-coaster šŸ¤“. Okay this is probably a huge paragraph by now i needed to make up for the last missing comments. Also idk if this was intentional but LDD on fun day when I was LDD on fun day on my tripšŸ¤” interesting you silly billy.

Julia

on July 8, 2026 at 3:33 am

Hi Jay jay, What a wonderful day! I’m glad you all had a good time, it’s a beautiful place with beautiful beaches. Enjoy it!

Thank you so much to GG coordinators and supporters for the amazing photos and for keeping us updated always.

Leslie Angel

on July 8, 2026 at 1:55 pm

Hello Everyone, may you all reach back to us safely soon. Steffy we miss you very much and we hope that you had fun in Panama. I read the blogs everyday and I hope everyone enjoyed them as well. May you all have a safe flight back home <3

Kristin

on July 8, 2026 at 4:51 pm

Safe travel Global leaders! Can’t wait to celebrate your arrival. We are all so eager to hear everything.

Robert Ferris

on July 8, 2026 at 7:37 pm

Beautiful experience! You all look so happy and connected. I love to remind Wyeth ā€œWhere would you rather beā€ when he’s out on the pitch playing soccer and it seems you are all where you belong! Thank you Global Glimpse for this opportunity! Safe travels! Love you Wyeth! See you all soon!

Zuleika De La Cruz

on July 8, 2026 at 11:57 pm

Hiiiiii my Handsome boy
Thank you for writing back, This message made me really happy. I’m glad this trip was one of the best opportunities ever. We all love you & miss you. We can’t wait for you to get back. See you soon papišŸ’œ

Love mom

Chastedy R

on July 9, 2026 at 12:11 am

hey kiko it’s your favorite sibling ofc chastedy the goat i miss you sm & i love you i hope you had a blast in panama i can’t wait to hear all abt it when you come back home
love chastedy the queen ofc

James

on July 9, 2026 at 12:27 am

ā€œHeyy kiko i hope you enjoyed your trip more then ever and was able to absorb any new knowledge or even new experiences that you never had. Can’t lie i miss you my boyy but ill cut it short till you get back see you soonā€

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