Happy Thanksgiving first of all!!
Picture explanation: Group of us all playing UNO (Me, Andrés, Kriss, Richard, Antonio, Wendy, Jorleny, Jacol), My crazy host fam sorry its blurry (Kriss, Nora, Me, Ademar, Yorleny, Terri!)
So i have just spent three of the best, crazy, most challenging, awesome weeks of my life in Naranjo, Costa Rica.
I can´t even begin to sum up for you how the last 3 weeks have changed me and moved me, but i´ll try to start at the beginning. Host family was AWESOME! Seriously, I cannot believe how much at home I felt with those loco ticos! Host dad Ademar Alvarado, hilarious and a big goof! Host mom Nora, so adorable and so sweet and so crazy also! =) Then I also had two host sisters, Yorleny who is 31 and Kriss who is 23. They are both adorable and super sweet and awesome awesome awesome. =) We also had a dog named Terri, who you will see in the picture. =) I didn´t only have an awesome host family, but also had an amazing group of friends! Wendy, Adriana, Andres, Jacol, Andrea, Richard, Antonio...alll great people! =) I mean, on night one when i got to the house everyone was there and we hung out, had pizza, played uno and ridiculous hand-clapping games, one called ron'camaraon that i will teach you when i come home. =) My work was at a place called Cen Cinai, which is like headstart. First two days I hated it, honestly, because I was the cleaning lady and I had thought I would be working with kids. Then God woke me up and I realized I needed to change my attitude and really work on being a servant and having a content and open heart to God´s will. It was a really great lesson, and all the other days after that I felt way better and actually really enjoyed my work! The last 3 days I was there I made 100 bags out of wrapping paper for the students to take home presents in on the last day of class, so i now have a new skill. =) it was good. =)
Umm as for other stories...I have no doubt that I am coming back to Costa Rica after I graduate in May. I don´t know for how long, or what God is going to open up for me, but we will see. Basically I have felt God working in me more these 3 weeks than I have in a really really long time! I have just felt like this place is a second home, and God has been opening up new doors and new opportunities for me. probably my favorite and most exciting story is that I met a tico. And we´re novios. =) His name is Andres, and he´s 24 years old. He´s good friends with my host sisters, and lives in Naranjo and is a manager in the Cooperativa there. He´s hilarious, sweet, and all around amazing (I mean, he speaks spanish..awesome). =) I just have this really real feeling about it, and really feel that it´s from God. I am coming back in May. No question. =) If you want to know more, feel free to ask. =) That´s my naranjo story for you. =) I can´t tell you how amazing life feels, how amazingly i have felt god in my life these 3 weeks. =) Thank you so much for your unending love and prayers and all that goodness. YOu are all such a blessing on my life!! =) I love you!!! Happy Thanksgiving!
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