Domingo, Lunes, y Martes

Sunday was such a wonderful, restful day. We went to church at Coronado in the morning. Church was a lot different than I'm used to, but an awesome experience. We sang hymns, like "Nothing But the Blood," and a few others in Spanish and then the pastor of a group that came from North Carolina preached and Jose (the director of Score) translated into Spanish. Hannah and I grabbed lunch at Coronado after the service and the Prado's drove us back to the Villa. I got to skype with friends for the rest of the day on Sunday, which was wonderful. It was nice to catch up with people I haven't had a chance to talk to in awhile. Sunday night, we played catchphrase with the Louisiana team. It was so much fun! I'm gonna miss that team when they leave.


Monday morning, Dama, Hannah, and I got up at 5 to walk. We walked down the street to the University and walked around there for awhile. There are tons of people who walk there in the mornings. Hannah and I stayed at the Villa in the morning to clean some more. We made some beds, swept and mopped floors, and then served lunch. A big group came on Monday from Florida. There's about 30 of them and they're doing sports ministry because they're all on the basketball team or soccer team. Hannah and I went with them in the afternoon to a high school in Coronado where they played against Costa Rican high school teams. It was fun to watch, but the Americans beat them pretty bad. I think the girls' game score was 58-16. Monday night, we served dinner, cleaned up, and then Hannah, Jeremiah, Dama, and I made around 80 sandwiches for the Florida group's lunches on Tuesday, because they would be out doing clinics all day. Dama decided that every day, we're going to have a Spanish word of the day to learn and use. And then every week, she's going to give us a Bible verse in Spanish to learn as well. Dama said that whoever loses has to buy the others something, like chocolate :) I won't lose.

Today, Hannah and I woke up at 5 again to walk with Dama. We put breakfast out and Dama said that she'd bring in the guard dogs and then meet us in the Villa. We waited until 5:30 and then figured she was still asleep so we went back to bed. It turns out she woke up before 5 and went walking with Amy because she thought we slept through our alarms. So.. we'll try again tomorrow :) Today, I took my first public transportation bus. Hannah and I rode the bus to Coronado with Raymond and Marisol and met Manolo in town. He made us memorize different landmarks along the bus route so we'd know how to get around on our own. When we got to Coronado, we had a prayer meeting with Bethany, Rebecca, and Manolo, and then cleaned because the high school group just left this morning. Afterwards, we took the bus to downtown San Jose and met the Louisiana team there to join them for sightseeing in Cartago. We went to a beautiful lookout place with an amazing view of the mountains- the drive up was pretty scary, but once we got up there, it was awesome! Then we went to the first Catholic church in the old capital city of Cartago, and then visited another old Catholic church in the town. We got back around 6 and ate dinner (arroz con pollo). It was so good, as always! Played catchphrase one last time with the Louisiana team and a few people from the Florida team, and then said goodbye to them because they leave tomorrow morning :( Tomorrow will most likely be a day of cleaning out their rooms and tidying up the Villa. And of course, walking with Dama in the morning! 5 am. Time for bed.