Last weekend, I went to the beach with my host mom, Olga, 5 of her sisters and her mom. None of whom, spoke English. It was an adventure to say in the least! But they all took good care of me and despite the language barrier managed to laugh a lot, especially at all my gringa ways :)
All of the girls at dinner
With my host mom, Olga
Sunset at dinner
And last night, Costa Rica held it´s very own "Mega Club", where 600 kids and leaders from Young Life/Vida Joven, Wyld Life, Young Lives and Capernium all came together from all over the country to have a huge Young Life club! It was an amazing experience to get to be a part of. Not only did all of these kids have the opportunity to climb a rock wall, play silly games and sports, get a free t shirt and eat dinner - they also were able to hear the Gospel of Christ presented to them during club. What an awesome opportunity.
Where club was held in the tent and the girls Jen and I got to hang out with all night.
This was thier first experience with Young Life, ever!
Just keeping it real with Marty Cadwell, president of YL International South.
What´s Young Life withtout a free tshirt?! (as if I needed one more to add to my collection...)
Spanish is coming along slowly. I can tell I have improved over the past month but know that I have a longggg way to go! So far I am enjoying language school and the learning process. There have been a few moments of frustration (to be expected) but ultimately so far I am so happy to finally get to be able to learn this language that I have wanted to learn for a while, that it makes it worth it. That was one of my takeways from going to the beach with my host family...knowing that one day I can go back with them and get to speak to all of them in full conversations! That will be a fun day. It also made me soooo thankful and gracious for my time here in Costa Rica where I can really focus on just learning Spanish before heading to Nica. WOOHOO!
Next Saturday - Thursday I will be on Young Life´s Service Project for the high school kids spring break (here, called Semana Santa, or Holy Week aka the week before Easter Sunday). We get to go to another part of Costa Rica that is less fortunate and help build a basketball court, host a soccer tournament for the local kids and just get to hang out and love on the people in this neighborhood. Should be yet another adventure.
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