day before school!

sunday january 14 2007

Hello again family and friends,

since my last email many new things have happened. LASP took us to Clinica Biblia to get a health orientation so we may be prapered for what illnesses may come our way. so far i have not gotten sick. i drink straight from the tap because the water is treated. all the food is wonderful. my family, i feel, is not into the same type of meal each day. we have had great sandwiches and fresh fruit drinks. i was prepared to live really scarcely but this family is amazing. my host mother loves to buy new cookbook type magazines and she saves them all. kindas sounds like someone else i know, my real mother. lol

it has been kinda cold actually i wish i brought more jeans and one more sweater, maybe i will do some shopping. :)

Dad, before i forget please email the exacts dates you plan to come because we have to let LASP now, along with my family.

this is my 5th day in CR and i already feel like my Spanish vocabualry has grown. every day i am trying to learn a new phrase to incorperate into my daily dialouge. today i went to church with my family it is called Iglesia el Divino Salvador. it is just like Harvest, lots of great hand-clapping music and Biblical teaching. today there were lots of north americans there so i got to chat with them for a while. one group was students here for 3 weeks from PA and the other was a church group from VA that is like a sister church with the Costa Rican one. ¡the church is alive and well in CR!


i am feeling more and more connected with the family. i bought some shampoo and stuff and put in the shower so i dont have to keep hauling my toiletry bag in and out of the shower. it is the little things in life that make you feel at home. also i had a homework assignment to interview my family about various things. i learned about their educational background, what they like to do in their free time and that the U.S. government is not generally liked in CR.

something more on the funny side, they way ticos great each other is by a kiss on the check. can you see where this is going? well even if you have just met the person you do it anyway. so these guys from the youth group came over to the house and of course greeted me with a kiss on the check. 2 of the 3 were cute but i can assure there will be no amor during this semester! do you guys think we could implement this custom in the U.S.?

so it is the day before school and i am very nervous to take the bus. my parents have been through the routs with me once but i am still very unsure about the stops and waht not. so please pray for me and the bus system. i am sure i will become more familar with it as the days go but right now i have butterflies in my tummy.

thank you all for your nice emails from the last letter! hope you all have awonderful week!

love from costa rica,
clara