Desrae, a volunteer from Montana, and I at the Hot Spring Gardens.

I love these flowers

Taya and I in the gardens

La Fortuna parque central, catholic church with volcan Arenal in the background.

La Fortuna Waterfall was beautiful

The water was cold but the bottom was sandy.

Eating Gallo Pinto (very typical breakfast) at the bus stop to La Fortuna.

Photos of our trip to La Fortuna

Our 5 hour bus ride to La Fortuna. I'm sooo thankful we had seats even if sweaty bodies were leaning all over us.

Marzo

I can't believe its March already! Time has flown by. I've been super busy teaching. This week is holidays. Its called Semana Santa which literally translated means Holy Week. Less literally translated. Easter Week. My friend Taya (from Washington) is here visiting. She came in Thursday night.
One of men from the Thunder bay group had decided to stay to help with maintenance around the school after his churches group left and he was going back Thursday so I was able to get a ride with him and a couple of teachers who where dropping him off. However we (Des and I) had to wait several hours for Taya's flight so we found a soda (small restaurant) acr0ss from the airport to wait at.
When Taya came in we took the bus down town and then walked to the Guadalupe stop and took the bus home. Walking through down town San Jose with luggage was not a fun experience for me but I'm sure it was a great welcoming, shocking experience for Taya. At least she has a story to tell. Friday I gave exams in all my classes. I know I'm such a nice teacher. I tried to explain how much nicer it is of me to give the exam right before semana instead of right after . . . they don't understand.
Saturday until today we went to Arenal, the third most active volcano in the world. Although it was clear enough to see the top we didn't see any lava we did see lots of smoke. The entire time we were there we didn't feel any tremors or hear any rumbling and then tonight after we were back from Arenal we were watching a movie at the Greens and we felt a tremor. Crazy.
We hiked to the La Fortuna waterfall and swam by it. We also went to the hot springs. It was a beautiful landscape. Pictures coming soon.
I have the rest of the week off although I have a pile of exams to grade and plans and activities to write.
I'll try to upload pictures tomorrow.
Love, Theresa

No siento bein

I'm feeling better although not one hundred percent yet. I'm going to try to take it easy this weekend but I have a lot to get caught up on. Thanks for your prayers.

My Apartment

My "foyer"


Part of my kitchen area the other part is outside . . .

My shower ducha

El Bano

my beautiful squeaky wood bed.



My extra guest cot . . hint hint**

Week 5 aka 2 more weeks until semana Santa

I sent out an update letter yesterday by email. If you did not recieve that letter and would like to be on my mailing list please let me know.

This is going to be short because I am sick. There is a group here right now from Providence College. I started feeling sick on Friday but pushed myself to keep going. Saturday night I came down with a fever and have been sick. Today I am missing school because I am too sick to sit up for very long. I have a stomach ache and all the things that go with that, body aches, head ache, and fever. I had hoped to be well enough to teach today but now I'm hoping for tomorrow . . . prayers would be appreciated.

Thanks, Theresa