We are in the middle of Semana Santa (Holy Week), which is celebrated in Latin America with most people off of work and school, to celebrate the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, which brings us salvation.
On Thursday and Friday, the city of San Jose was almost empty...apparently the buses and taxis don't even go during this time. We are off of school this week, so have been catching up on rest, doing our newsletter and preparing for a 5 page report on "Ethno-Centric Mono-Culturalistic" counseling, due in April for Global University (in English).
Even though, we've still managed to have a few fun days this week so far. We went with our friends to Sarchi, where they are famous for their painted oxcarts and souveniers, and we also took a trip to Jaco Beach on the Pacific Ocean and spent the day in the sun with them. This was our 1st time to the beach, even though its only 2hours from here. Today, we went to see the Volcano Poas, which has a sulfuric lake with gases spewing out...its at about 2400 meters. We also found out today that some other students were robbed a couple nights ago while on vacation at a beach, so we feel that we are blessed to not have encountered any problems, and are also feeling that its a warning to be more careful in all that we do. These 2 young couples and their little ones had someone come into their beachhome at 1am and rob their car keys, wallets, money, credit cards and ID. We are awaiting for their arrival back here (they are about 10 hours from here), as they may need to stay at our home tonight..they are both really great young missionaries heading to the field. We also had another friend here get very sick overnight and went to the hospital this am, he had a bacterial infection from traveling...he was so dehydrated, they had to give him 10 liters of fluid. Please pray for all of these servants of God.
Our spanish classes have been going well, and we can tell that we have both been learning alot, and filling in those gaps and structuring our sentences better. We feel so fortunate to already speak the language, as we see those that are at the very beginning, struggling so hard to make it. Also, for us, since we've lived in Latin America,we aren't facing the cultural shock as others are. We feel at home here, but dearly miss our Monterrey friends and can't wait to get back "home"!
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Sunday, March 9, 2008
4 Angels appeared from under the bridge
On Saturday, we went with some friends high in the rainforest/mountains to visit 5 waterfalls and a bird/butterfly santuary. We had a fun trip with them there, and took our time going through the santuary. We saw many different kinds of animals and birds that are regional here like Toucans, parrots, hummingbirds, monkeys and butterflies (there were snakes too, but I didn't go look at them, yuk!). Then we hiked down a long trail, and many, many, many steps...and went to 5 different waterfalls! They were incredible....
While we were hiking, we got the entire experience of being in the rainforest, as the rain began to fall, but it just made it more beautiful! How can anyone go to an area as beautiful as that, and see those birds with beaks and feathers that blend into the forest, and not see that God created it all, with a stroke of his hand!?!
Well, the adventure continues...when we left there, we were going up and down the mountains (we were at over 4,000 ft) and the clutch went out while we were crossing a bridge. While we were pushing the vehicle off of the road, we began to pray. (It is dangerous to be out on the roads, esp. being gringos...we could've been robbed or who knows?). Well, God answers prayer! Up from under the bridge came 4 guys (we called them angels), who had been swimming, and all 4 were mecanics! They offered to hook us up to their 4x4 SUV and pulled us all the way back to the city, and to their shop, where they will work on it this week. It was a 5-6 hour trip back...being pulled up and down the steep mountains. What a blessing they were! Then they got a van and drove us another hour to our apartments. God sent us 4 angels!!
While we were hiking, we got the entire experience of being in the rainforest, as the rain began to fall, but it just made it more beautiful! How can anyone go to an area as beautiful as that, and see those birds with beaks and feathers that blend into the forest, and not see that God created it all, with a stroke of his hand!?!
Well, the adventure continues...when we left there, we were going up and down the mountains (we were at over 4,000 ft) and the clutch went out while we were crossing a bridge. While we were pushing the vehicle off of the road, we began to pray. (It is dangerous to be out on the roads, esp. being gringos...we could've been robbed or who knows?). Well, God answers prayer! Up from under the bridge came 4 guys (we called them angels), who had been swimming, and all 4 were mecanics! They offered to hook us up to their 4x4 SUV and pulled us all the way back to the city, and to their shop, where they will work on it this week. It was a 5-6 hour trip back...being pulled up and down the steep mountains. What a blessing they were! Then they got a van and drove us another hour to our apartments. God sent us 4 angels!!
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