Hola familia y amigos!
This is my last update to you from Costa Rica. This whole semester has gone by pretty fast actually. I am in disbelief that we are leaving for Guatemala tomorrow.
Anyway since the last letter a few things have happened. Easter Sunday was very relaxing. We had Chinese take out for lunch/dinner and we rented a movie. So this was an interesting experience out of my normal North American Easter day. What I missed most was saying "Happy Easter" to people.
The weather has become so different. I love that it rains in the late afternoon. I have had language class everyday and we had our final exam and I a 94%. The test was on using the subjunctive and I am just so proud of myself. My Profesora was very proud too. We also did more group presentations and my group focused on the power language has to oppress and liberate people. We each had different roles and I played a prostitute who had to sleep with men to fed my family. I bought some clothes at a thrift store and really got into my part. When I came home with my clothes I asked my Tica mom to help me cut the skirt and shirt. And my Tico dad looked at me funny and I said "sorry this is my new profession." He said, "well that's great. you will be able to pay for university." I was surprised to hear this joke come out of him. But this just shows, I think, how closed me and this family have gotten. I will miss them so much.
After our presentations, the students in my concentration had to go back to the language institute for an Oral Proficiency Exam. This is like official business. We get a certificate with what level our Spanish is at and we can show it to employers. I am very excited about this because I think I did well.
We had Guatemala Orientation and I will be working for an organization that works to bring nutrition back to poor infants and children. I will be staying in Guatemala City with 4 other students painting and doing manual labor for this non-profit.
Last night was my "despeida" fiesta. We had Henry and Laura (friends from church) come over and we had toastadas and flan de coco! I was in heaven, no rice!! My Tico dad sad really nice things to me about how I will always be a part of the family, that they will miss me and never forget me. I started to cry and could only mutter a "mil gracias por todo."
Well that is is until after Guatemala and Miami. Thanks for sharing in this journey with me, I have appreciated all your encouragement and little notes trough the semester. Have a great week!
Clara
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