Lost in Cost Rica: that is how I felt the first couple days here. We tried to find the neighborhood fruit market. Not only did we walk a mile or so in the wrong way, it was so much in the wrong direction that the Ticos (Costa Rican) people we asked didn´t even knokw what we were talking about. They said, "You can´t walk there. Its too far" I later found they thought I was talking about the market in Zapote. The community next to ours. We decided to turn around thinking maybe the market was closer to the school which it was. We decieded we would limit ourselves to about $20. We didn´t spend near $20, and we got lots of fresh fruits and veggies for the week.
Sunday, we were lost again. Chuck Morris had given us the name of a local preacher, and the local preacher had given me the address to the church. Unfortunately, addresses here are pretty vague. A landmark is given followed by the approximate number of meters north or south with the approximate number of meters east and west. The cab driver drove all around looking for the church and we never found it. I learned that a lot of churches meet in houses and you cannot tell from the road that they are churches. We had the cab driver just bring us back to the park he picked us up at and instead of paying $2 we paid $7 because he spent a lot of time looking for the church for us. We walked around the neighborhood a while thinking maybe we would find a church. Oh we did find a church, but it was a Mormon church. Thus, we decided that we would just have worship just the three of us and call the preacher to give us directions to the church this week.
We are spending more of our time being lost than found, but we are really enjoying our time here. Our apartment is great and we have a beautiful view of mountains from the front steps and the back patio. Haley is having a great time because there are lots of parks near our apartment for her to play at. She is starting to walk more and more all the time. Our internet is down, but when it comes back I will post pictures.
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Was happy to look at your blogg and find you had begun posting since arriving in Costa Rico. Your mother can tell you who I am. I live in Borger and my children grew up with your mom and dad and my grandchildren grew up with your Tindall cousins and I will be very interested in keeping up with your adventures and watching Haley grow up. I love reading your mothers blogg. I will put your family on my prayer list also, and try to encourage you in your schooling. I admire your spirit and the plans you have for the cause of Christ. You will learn your way around quickly. You will recognize my comments as I will sign them linda.
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