Weekend Adventures

So I told you about daily life, but not my weekend adventures. On Saturdays I typically do something with the other interns. We went surfing at Playa Jaco, where I got majorly sunburned. My legs hurt for a whole week afterwards. Note to everyone who is as white as me: reapply sunscreen every hour or don’t be outside between the hours of 12 and 2 when you are near the equator. I never stood up completely on the surf board, but did manage to get up on one knee and one foot. Kevin had been surfing before and taught us how to get started. We had to figure it out from there.

Oh, yes we surf...and we probably have a band too. (Kevin, me, Allison, and Brad)

Waiting for a good wave to catch. The waves were huge, so we mostly rode the surf.

One foot up!

...and down I go, but it was such fun!

We also went on a hike to a waterfall that we had heard about. Brad had tried to find it the weekend before, but turned back too soon. The whole epic is told here:

We have also watched football (soccer) games on TV, watch a Tico friend play saxophone at a local café, hung out with visiting family, traveled to a national park, and gone on a tour of museums in San Jose.

We typically spend Sundays with our host families. Spending a whole weekend in Spanish is very helpful to learning the language. I’ve gone on bike rides with my host sister, made cookies with my host brother, travelled to a nephew’s birthday party with my host mom, and just hung around the house. There is a lot more of doing nothing than I am used to. Church is also in Spanish, so a lot of energy is required to pay attention and understand. What has blown me away is that even when I don’t understand most of the words that the pastor is saying I still seem to learn something or come away convicted. It has been clear evidence of what Jesus said: “The Helper, the Holy Spirit …will teach you all things” John 14:26