When I turned on my computer this morning, some videos from my family's trip to Germany caught my eye, and I ended up starting the morning on a great note, laughing at all of the ridiculous things Taylor found important enough to record. The rest of my morning consisted of some reading about Limon, a region of Costa Rica that we will be visiting this weekend. I am looking forward to the weekend excursion, and it was interesting to read about some of the diversity of Costa Rica. Limon is primary populated by Afro-descendents who, according to Tony, speak a unique dialect of English. My readings also said that they speak lots of Spanish there...it will be interesting to learn to adapt to another new form of communication.
This morning at LASP, we had student-led worship again, and it was phenomenal to gather as a group to worship and pray. After that, a small group of us took the bus into downtown San Jose to conduct interviews with various people about poverty in Costa Rica for one of our upcoming assignments. Haleigh and I were partners and we interviewed a woman on the bus as well as a man selling newspapers. It was interesting to hear their ideas about poverty. They woman on the bus told us she thought Costa Rica was progressing a lot in the area of poverty, but the man said that the government was doing nothing about poverty. I think this is a good reminder that perspectives are important. They determine our reality, and keeping in mind what others may think or how our thoughts may impact others should help us to make better decisions.
Included in our time in San Jose was a trip to the post office to buy stamps and a stop at a tourist store to buy post cards. Unfortunately, neither one of us actually remembered where the post office was, so it took us quite a while to find what we were looking for. After finally buying stamps, we rewarded ourselves with some ice cream and headed for the bus stop. We got on the bus going towards ICADS and were soon joined by another pair of students who had been doing interviews as well. Once we finally arrived at our stop it was 1:30, and we were afraid we would be late to class, so we rushed to ICADS. Luckily, none of the classes had stated yet, so everything was alright.
It was nice to do something different today because it gave me something to talk with my host family about. They wanted to know about my time in San Jose and about the interviews, so it was a good conversation starter. I was slightly overwhelmed by my homework today, so I spent most of the evening working on reading, writing and researching. Its not that I'm behind or anything, I just never know exactly what's around the corner, so I am trying to keep a good handle on my homework in case anything comes up. I would hate to have to pass up any opportunity for homework, so I might as well get as much done now as possible.
I am feeling slightly exhausted, and I think that's a sign that my semester is officially in full swing. Hopefully there will be some time this weekend in Limon to get some rest and catch some sun at the beach in between the other activities and lectures the LASP staff has in store for us. I won't have internet access while I'm there, so don't worry if I don't post for a few days...I promise I will catch you all up when I get back!
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