San Jose

I'm all moved in with the Gomez family in San Jose. I really like it here. It is nice to have a family again, and to eat warm food. I have a cute room in the basement that I share with Theresa (the daughter of the other GCM pastor in Costa Rica). She is studying in San Jose so she stays here Tuesdays-Fridays. They have two daughters, Valerie (17) and Stephanie (16) who I get along with really good. They also have a 7 year old son named Carlitos. He is such a cutie-pie. (He is sitting right next to me) He wanted me to write in here that his dad eats a lot of chicken. :)

This week I will start volunteering at an orphanage for abused children. I will play with kids and help them with their homework. On other days I will be volunteering with an organization called "Feed the Hungry." I will be helping feed malnourished children at a nutrition clinic and then educate mothers on how to provide their children with proper nutrition. No one there will speak English, so that will be good for me, it will force me to speak in Spanish all the time. It is kind of tiring at the house because they are all bilingual. I keep switching between languages and it makes my head feel like its going to explode. It might be easier to just stick to one language. To get to the nutrition clinic I will take a bus for about an hour each way. The orphanage is very close to the house.

This city is really beautiful. The streets are windy and the hills are covered in bright colored houses. There are many beautiful Catholic Churches around the city, it reminds me a lot of Europe. On Sunday Stephanie and I went to a Crepe shop, went to an art museum, walked around down town, went to the mall, and went to a really pretty church. Socialist countries are like heaven because the public transportation is so nice. We just hop on a bus and go wherever we need to go. It costs like 30 cents each way. I would post some pictures, but my lap top is back in the Toshiba store getting fixed again. It should be back soon because there is only a small problem this time.

So there is a small update... more to come when I get my computer back.