And we're back! We arrived back in Costa Rica January 6th. This trimester we have our own apartment and we are enjoying it very much. We chose to get an apartment this tri so we could save some money. We arrived back in San Jose mid afternoon and came right to our apartment. We spent the first few days settling in. In our new apartment we are really enjoying being on our own again and having privacy. We love cooking for ourselves and having more space to spre...

Thanksgiving went pretty well for us here. We did have to go to school for a few hours in the morning though. That was a first for both of us. After school though a lot of students got together in the gym and we had a thanksgiving lunch. We didn't have turkey though, we had chicken. Turkey down here is about $4.50 lb and hard to find. The lunch was great though. We had chicken, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and lots of sides and desserts. It was a good time to g...

Well we only have five weeks left for this trimester! It's gone by so fast and we are learning a lot of Spanish! We have decided though that one trimester just isn't enough so we are planning on coming back to Costa Rica in January for another few months of learning Spanish! The Lord, in His faithfulness, has provided most of the funding we will need for next trimester so hopefully we can squeeze through on a tight budget next tri and learn some more Spanish!...

Two weekends ago we went with a group on a hike up a mountain that overlooks the city of San Jose. The mountain is called La Cruz, “the cross,” because there are three large crosses that have been built on the mountain over the years. The first two crosses are made of concrete and the last one is made of steel. The story of La Cruz somewhat goes like this...years ago Christians built the first cross on the mountain but years later, other people decided to bui...

On Friday, Sept. 16th, we went to the beach! It was so great! We left in the morning and it took about two and a half hours to get to Manuel Antonio. There we stayed in a nice hostel. From the hostel it's just one long road that winds down the hill and ends at the beach. A bus makes rounds from the beach to the nearest town everyday so we would just sit at the bus stop right outside of our hostel and take the less than 5 minute ride down to the beach. On Fr...