Today was another refreshing day. The music teacher came to the school (he gives a full day of classes here once per week), and Norma (the teacher who's been coordinating my time at the school) had me sit in on his classes all day. While my standards may be slightly different now than they were when I began my internship, I thought he was a pretty good teacher. He stayed in the classroom almost the whole time he had students and only texted a little bit. All of the notes he had students copy were explained, and he did a good job of including me but not abandoning me with a room full of students without any instructions. Norma was thrilled that he had me teach most of the classes a song in English, and while I was not as thrilled about this job, it was good for the students, so I enjoyed it.
I'm starting to feel like a welcomed part of the staff, and its such a relief. They're all acting a lot warmer towards me, and I've enjoyed getting to know them a little more. After school Olga greeted me with a treat that she and Ana (her sister) made this afternoon, and I read in the living room for a while. Gabi brought a photo album to show me, which was really sweet and showed me that we are slowly overcoming the shyness of my family, and later I sat with her in the dining room to write while she worked on her homework. During our cafecito Adrian (another member of my host family) brought home a bird that someone at work gave him, so it was fun talking to him about that, and Gabi shared the story of the last two birds that they accidentally killed (by putting a sack over their cage to protect them...there was apparently some sort of deadly bug also trapped in the cage).
It was a peaceful night following a really good day, and I'm so grateful that God has been showing His faithfulness to me so clearly these last few days. Things are going really smoothly, and my newly developing relationships make me want to seek God more in order to know how to serve Him in everything I'm doing and saying. I'm praying for guidance and continuing provision of patience as I go into the final month of my time in Costa Rica and the last 12 days I have here in San Juan.
P.S. My bed passed inspection with flying colors last night, so that possibility is officially off the table. The bumps continue, but everyone seems to think they're just caused by something in the air up here...who knows. I'm banking on Laura's promise that they'll just go away when I get back to San Jose.
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