hey everyone.. so first journal entry since i began my homeestay!!!! wow so quite a week. i already explained my family but they are really nice!! my one brother, bryan, goes to san isidro for la universidad a lot during the week and he came with me and lissie today!! it was really sweet he walked us down the mountain the whole way while we tried to talk to him (didnt do toooo bad a job either) which was probably about an hours walk. Normally he just rides his ...

hey everyone!! today is the last day of my orientation so i wont have access to a computer again until next weekend!! tomorrow i leave for my village to begin teaching. im SOOOOOOOOO scared, but excited. i got paired with this awesome girl lissie in my village who i just love, so that should be good. today i spent all day searching for school supplies and presents for my family. i got a really cute watch too (mom youd be proud it has prisms and everything) fo...

hey everyone!!!! sorry i tried to enter one of these last night but it didnt work!! i wrote the entire thing and then blaaaah... but i wanted to let you all know what ive been up to!! the past week has been CRAZY. ive never done so much in my entire life. we went to Rara Avis, this really cool preservation area. it was amazing and so incredibly rural and like nothing ive ever done. pretty much the jungle. think colddd showers, mountain men, 5 hour hikes, bugs ...

Hola!!!! i am in costa rica!! ahhhhhhhhh ... yeah, pretty surreal right now, but it's exciting!! it was kind of a trial getting here, my flight in miami was delayed because of a security breech? .. the president of Costa Rica was actually on our plane!! who knew presidents fly on american airlines?? pretty awesome though, and the boy and four other girls from my program were on the flight and we all met up after the deboarding of our plane because of the breech, ...

heeeey ! well everyone in less than 48 hours i will be in costa rica!! im pretty much freaking out and unable to sleep right now, but im sooo excited! i really cant wait to just get down there.. this waiting at home for it to come stuff isn't so much fun. but ahh soon! I thought id leave the address on here that i can be reached at so if you want to send me mail (which would be awesome) you can =) .. just no packages because the global routes people say it...