Bougainvillea Heredia

... family here. The two little boys are adorable. The one year old Alberto Jose is an expert at giving high fives and pronounces gracias as grashas. He likes to knock on our bedroom door and run away.

Our parents are as sweet as can be, and the endless amounts of pastries that they cook aren´t so bad either. In fact, Lauren and I now have a favorite time of day.....pastry time. Around five o´clock the whole family sits down for a cup of ...

... Our staff and board members are putting a lot of time and effort into this event and we are working hard to get everyone there: local staff from Costa Rica, past volunteers, local community members and our supporters. Our sincerest and deepest appreciation goes out to Modesto "Tico" Valle, the Executive Director of the Center, for donating the space and beverages. The ...

... when things fall into place like puzzle pieces. They've given me their email and invited me for a weekend. I hope to go.



Tuesday, for the second time this year I was the only teacher at school. I was told ahead of time (Monday on my walk home). I figured that it would be good because Wednesday was English Exam day. Like last time, only half the kids showed. I have an issue with this. When students live so far away why ...

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... is very beautiful and spacious. On the second day in Heredia, we went on a tour of the university. It's fairly small, so it will not be hard to navigate around. Classes meet once a week for 3 hours (and I've been told they rarely last the whole time). I'm still working on my class schedule. Classes start on Monday, February 9th. By the way, overall, in my houses, I've eaten very healthy food. I have fruit for at least two of my three ...

... comfortable and had more time to explore the ocean. we say lots of crabs and sea urchins as well as some morey eels and fish. The other dive group got to see a baby shark, but my group missed out on that one. hopefully we will see some on the next few dives. After finishing up our certification dives we pretty much had to pack up and head back to San Jose right away. over all it was a really fun time but diving took up a lot of the weekend.

... their trance like routine of finding the ideal nesting place.  The group followed a turtle from her arrival on the beach.  She made her nest with great care and Jose explained the whole process from start to finish.  We were able to see the approximate 100 eggs that she deposited and then proceed to cover with great care and rythm... We all felt as though we had witnessed something very special, a process that has been carried out for thousands of years by these turtles.

... them in the Lord's Prayer at the start of every class (much like we do the Pledge of Allegiance) the students mimic her speech exactly. But when I have them repeat after me, they do a pretty fair job pronouncing the sounds exclusive to English, and I think they could gain a lot from listening and talking to a native speaker. I'm hesitant to appear too eager to take over those jobs, though, because I don't want to insult the teacher's ability to run the class. I've been working ...

Just a quick note as I look at my wet clothes hanging on the door, wondering what it is like to go one day without rain. By the time I got out of school today, it wasn't just raining, it was like a monsoon. I know that I have been known to exaggerate, (no!) but really, by the time I was halfway to the house, it was ...

... the area. What I really found interesting were the curbs. There are places where if you step off the curb and you don't step far enough to reach the street, your foot will never hit bottom. It's just open. Or the sidewalk is so high up from the street level that if you happen not to be paying attention and step off, it will not be a stumble, it will be a major fall into the middle of traffic. In our group of starting ...