On Wednesday night, the Lord blessed us with a meeting with a Costa Rican physician and his wife (both are physicians) serving in the very rural, poor areas around San José. They have seen the Lord work in ways that they could never have imagined. There have been many hardships along the way for this couple, but the Lord has used those things in mighty ways to impact others. They were very kind to share their wisdom and advice with us. It was exciting to dream and think about all the Lord is going to do in the coming years in Peru. We wait with great expectation to see what He will do with us!
Something fun this week was that we had a birthday party at school for my grammar teacher (yes, I am in 3rd grade again). Nathan and I decorated her classroom with balloons and streamers that we were able to find at the store. It was a fun break from studying. (My teacher Gracella is in the middle next to me).
ESL classes went really well this week. I am team teaching with another student from the Spanish Language Institute, and she and I were very surprised to have so many students. We had prepared for about 8 at the most, and ended up having double that amount. We scrambled a bit, but the students seemed to enjoy the class. It has been a lot of preparation, but worth it each week to see them excited about learning English. Continue to pray that we would have more opportunities to share the love of Christ with them through language learning.
As I have been writing this, I just experienced my first earthquake in Costa Rica. We have heard that they happen often, and we will occasionally feel them at school, but I have never felt one like this. It actually knocked the mirror off the wall. Seems that everyone around us is fine. Just another interesting tidbit about living in Costa Rica.
Here are a few others pictures of our school and my class
My classmates in my language class
My sweet language teacher, Rita. She is fantastic
The atrium between the classes
So sweet of you to decorate your teacher's room! You two are so thoughtful. And most importantly, your hair looks fantastic. I really think it looks CUTE!
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