Time flies when you have no idea what is going on.

As things go here I haven’t had a lot of time to sit down by myself and type up anything. The little time I have to myself on a computer I have been using to write a three page paper in Spanish about my family. The prompt asked us not to simply ask questions and then state facts but to then synthesize the interview of our host family. I can’t even say facts in Spanish yet so synthesize was a little bit difficult. Spanish class is good, if not basic. We just finished ser, estar, tener, haber, hacer so we have a lot to go, but you know, that’s what a 3 ½ HOUR LONG SPANISH CLASS EVERYDAY ACROSS TOWN is for. Had my first test and got an A. (I am not entirely sure if I should have because we grade our own tests and we had varying answers for open ended questions and all she gave us one answer so… whatever I marked the ones wrong I knew were wrong.) My base seminar for LASP (if you ever get a chance, ask a native speaker to say LASP, it is entertaining, and more entertaining when you entire family is sitting around talking about your program and trying to pronounce it) is engaging to say the least. Perspectives on Latin American History and Contemporary Issues (or “that class in the morning” as we affectionately call it) is challenging how I view biblical history (we had a great speaker missionary who has a doctorate in linguistics and awesome knowledge of everything bible) and (North, Central, South) American history. Apparently Columbus did a lot of really bad stuff and was not a very nice guy at all, but you just don’t get that kind of information from the sciences.
On to non-academic and more important things; I have forgotten if I mentioned the Messiah guys who stayed with me yet. Well if I haven’t, then they are great, and if I have, then they left on Monday so I am officially the only English speaking person in this house. Last Saturday, I went to the farmers market with my parents and it was an amazing mix of color, tastyness, and some kind of juice I should have never tried. I don’t have pictures of it but maybe someday I will take a few. It has been unusually cold in Costa Rica. The upper 60s or so on average, but don’t worry, it has started to warm up. I think I mentioned that I live next to a cemetery, it is pretty, again, I will take pictures of it soon.
Dan Mac, if you are reading this, then I have managed to find computer and email your dad. Chelsea and I tried to flatter him with nice words about how much he knows about Costa Rica and so we are hoping to get a hold of him. (Side note: Phil if you are reading this then you should know that the brother that I never talk to listens to your kind of music all the time and sings along. For instance, right now he is doing it and I am kind of getting a headache). This weekend was a blast but I will try to write another post for it. Tomorrow Janelle and I (and whoever we run into or call) are exploring more of San Jose by visiting the Butterfly Garden. I appreciate everyone who has sent emails, I flash drive them all to my computer and read them again when I am missing Gordon and home.