Holy Crap, I'm going home tomorrow.

Last night in CR. Spent the day at the beach. Slept at least two hours in a hammock.

I didn't attain any of my goals for the last two weeks and I haven't packed yet.

I can't possibly explain what I've learned since I arrived. I would love to sit down and take about 5 hours to get to that with anyone willing(Mama here I come). So I'll just settle with this...

Top 5 Best things about CR:

5-Gallo Pinto: You may think it's just beans and rice but it's more. I don't know what they do to it but I could eat it everyday for breakfast, lunch dinner. Add some pure Costa Rican coffee, huevos y tocineta and I'm in heaven.

4-Pineapples and Palm Trees: Yes, my stomach cries out in pain when I eat pineapples but I can't help but have my little serving from the fruit stand for less than 50 cents. And honestly I don't really like coconut but busting one open from the tree on the beach and drinking from it in Panama was pretty cool.

3-People who don't speak English: Making oneself speak spanish to a person that could actually understand me fully(if I just spoke english) is an impossible task. I love meeting people in town and just striking up conversation. I've found that the best way to corner them is sit in the aisle seat on the bus and turn completely toward them. This way, their only other option is jumping out the window.

2-Pura Vida and Tranquilo:These words describe what I want to be...chill, just living. This is the tico lifestyle and I love it. It was said at graduation that I am intimate friends with the Tica hora. Which means I'm always late and it's all good.

1-Presbyterians(presbos): This may seem arbitrary, and it pretty much is. The Garcia's, Abby, the Jones and Millers. These people made my life. They loved me. They taught me about grace. It was amazing.

Nada a una isla.

I went to Manuel Antonio this past weekend. There is a national park that has beautiful trees and cool animals. I saw some monkeys and sloths and cool flowers.
This is a picture of the beach at the end of one of the trails. *Mom Stop reading here*We tried to swim to the point around the far right of this picture but when I tried to climb up on the rocks I got sea urchins in my hand so we had to swim back. We ended up swimming for an hour straight without rest aside from floating on our backs(the water was so salty it was easy to float). I was kind of afraid we would drown or get eaten by sharks.
*Mom start reading again*
This picture is my class having a party. My teacher is the one with the headband. She cooked us some good Costa Rican stuff. I don't remember what it was but it was good. I made sweet tea, haha. I like school.
I gave a bible study in spanish a couple days ago and actually feel pretty good about it. I'm speaking in chapel in less than a month and I'm really excited to share with my peers. You can pray for me as I prepare what I am going to say. I really want the Lord to speak through me. I have been reading from Matthew and Galatians and praying a lot about it.

I want to give a shout out to The Slant. Lindsey Bell=Beyonce.