Hey all! We are 5 weeks into our second trimester and we are learning a lot! We worked a lot on past tense and then moved on to future tense and some other themes. We have been learning a lot in language about the latin culture and Costa Rica. Every week I have to talk to a few different Tica women about the new theme of the week. We have talked about religion, pets, home remedies, weddings, and this week will be funerals. Coming in to this trimester I was st...

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...

Our Christmas was such a nice time to go home and have a break from school! We left Costa Rica December 13th and arrived that evening in Clarksburg, WV, our home! We spent from then until Christmas with Patrick's side of the family. We had a wonderful time with the new puppies at Helen's house and Katy's:) We went to our favorite restaurants and did some shopping. The first weekend home Patrick went hunting and got a nice size doe! For Christmas, we went up t...

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!...