My Week

So last Saturday I was at the Lammaes all day to help with Abby's 5th Birthday. I got there around 12 to help Rosie get ready. The party officially started at 2 but true to Latin culture people started coming around 2:30. Things went well. Rosie made BBQ beef sandwiches which the people called hamburgers. Rosie and I just looked at each other and smiled. A friend of hers made arroz con pollo. and we also had refried beans with chips and pop and cake. The pinata was in the shape of a minnie mouse. In latin America when you invite a child to a party you also invite siblings and parents. So there were about 50 people in their small house. Abby had a great time. I gave her a set of play food that I bought in the states last Christmas. They (Abby and her sister Ester) loved it. After the party I stayed to help get things cleaned up. Nick realized during the party that they had a flat tire so he was running around (by bus and taxi) trying to get it fixed so that they would have a car to take to worship in Cartago the next day.
I spent the whole day Sunday at the Greens. Aletha and I have about 15 kids in our Sunday School class if everyone comes. We have several new families that have been attending for about a month.
School was pretty normal this week. I'm reading Charlotte's web in 8th grade and Stone Fox in 7th grade. I need more copies of Stone Fox, Sarah Plain and Tall, Charlotte's Web, The Mouse and the Motocycle, The Giver.
On Thursday I had my 9th graders over for coffee after school. I have about 14 students in 9th grade and 7 came. The ones that take the bus had to leave but the ones that walk home stayed. It was fun. I could tell you some funny stories. Yesterday, Saturday, I went to the San Jose Zoo with Rosie, the girls, and
Seth. The zoo isn't too impressive but there are lions and monkeys and the girls loved it. After the zoo we went to Pop's an icecream store. In the evening I came to the Green's to work on the internet. I'm working on a shutterfly album for Joseph when he was here.

My Birthday Weekend

Friday was my 24th birthday. Fridays are not really my favorite day because I teach an extra long elective class in the morning. I teach English Conversation for 160 minutes without a break. Conversation is a fun class but also a challenge to plan activities for that long and keep student's interest for that long. I go straight from that class to preschool and then kindergarten. Finally I have a break. After lunch I have 8th grade, 9th grade, and tenth grade English. Friday evening I went to the Green's for my birthday party! I recieved a pan and muffin tins from the Greens and a mini crock pot from the Lammaes! I was surprised by how many people were there, I didn't know anyone was coming.
The tradition here is to crack eggs over the head of the birthday person. Sooooo I got a bunch of eggs crushed on me . . . It wasn't as bad as last year. This time they were only on my head not my whole body. On Saturday morning I went to the gym with Rosie (the wife of one of the missionaries here.) Then I went home and took a shower and then went out with her again to the outdoor market, to HiperMas, (a store owned by WalMart and kind of like WalMart but not as cheap) and then to Subway for lunch.
On Sunday I went to church in the morning (I go to Pacto de Gracia/Grace Covenant.) After church I went to the Green's for lunch and spent the day at their house using their internet and working on my new computer.