!Buenos Dias familia y amigos! Hello family and friends!
I have safely arrived in Costa Rica after flying for many hours yesterday (Wednesday, March 10). Geoff drove me to the airport at 2:30 am for my 5:15 am flight from Cedar Rapids to Chicago. Then Chicago to Charlotte, and finally Charlotte to San Jose. I arrived around 2:30pm and was greeted by Mr. Large (the elementary school principal) and Sam (a fellow student from UNI, who is staying at the same home I am). It was so nice to have them there and that they drove me straight to my host house.
I'm staying with a single woman, Oky, who has three student teachers now: Sam, Bethany, and now me. A fourth girl is arriving later on in the month. I was the last to "sign up" to be with her, so my room is separated from the others, but it's very nice and I have my own bathroom. Unfortunately, it was 90 degrees when I landed yesterday and the home does not have air conditioning. It'll definitely have to get used to that quickly! I felt like I was sleeping in a sauna last night.
Today I was going to stay at the home, sleep late, get my things in order, but I decided that it would be better for me to get moving and try to get busy. This will hopefully help me with culture shock and coping with missing that wonderful husband I have. Leaving him at the airport on Wednesday morning was pretty tough, but we've been able to talk over the internet a few times already and so it's been great to stay involved in each other's lives. We know we won't be able to make it through the next few months on our own, but know that God is helping us out and guiding us to become excellent communicators!
A couple of things I've learned so far:
1. There are bugs EVERYWHERE! Lots of ants last night and a screaming gecko that freaked me out. Apparently they're harmless but his scream startled me quite a bit. I haven't seen one yet, just heard them.
2. Little kids with accents are adorable!
3. Hot water is like royal treatment around here, and Oky made sure I had some in my bathroom shower. How nice!
4. I did not pack enough light weight clothing...
5. I really love you all back home because I miss you so much!
I'll give some more information about the school tomorrow. I'll be teaching English as a Second Language, which they refer to as English Language Development (ELD) and will be working with 1st through 5th graders. I look forward to doing some tutoring and/or working with extra-curriculars while I'm here.
Love you!
In God's peace,
Molly
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Hey Molly! I know you'll take advantage of traveling, but be sure to spend some time at both La Fortuna and Manuel Antonio. Both are amazing. There's a trail at Manuel Antonio, I think it's called Angel's Landing, that's really sweet. And you're right, hot water is such a blessing and rare there. Have fun!
ReplyDeleteThanks Patrick! It's good to know some of the key places to visit. I appreciate it :)
ReplyDeleteOK, so I can just imagine you face to face with a screaming gecko...and all you're doing is screaming back and forth at each other for a couple of long moments.
ReplyDeleteThis thought makes me giggle.