Whew!

Yesterday was our last day of orientation. We had to go to LASP headquarters which is about a 20 sec walk for me! We learned all about health and our classes. They seem kind of hard. I am a little bit worried but at least i dont have to write my papers in Spanish. I got home around four o clock yesterday and mami was waiting for me. I ate a snack and then read for like two hours. Then, a woman came over i think she was a family member and we looked at pictures from Brenda and Michaels wedding. They were so beautiful. It was such a fancy wedding and i was so surprised. I

started to feel really homesick and exhausted because I can never understand what is going on. Its so exhausting to speak Spanish all of the time! I think I am getting better which is good but I am starting to really miss home. Anyway the night kind of turned around, and I am attributing that totally to God, when Brenda, my sister came home, she came and sat with me on the couch and we played Uno. She speaks English all day as her job so she is extra patient with me and I appreciate that so much! We then ate dinner and I actually understood most of what was going on. We talked about music and church and I found out a lot about the music here in Costa. I also found out that Brenda and Mike are the leaders of the worship band at their church so I am excited to see that on Sunday. Then we did the dishes and Brenda told me that we were going to watch a movie but I could only watch it if I put my pajamas on. So I went and put my pajamas on and we watched a movie! They even have surround sound which is awesome! We watched the movie August Rush and it was actually in English with Spanish subtitles. It was really cool that we could all understand the same thing. After that I went to bed it was like eleven o clock. Today Mami told me to sleep in so I slept until ten. Then i took a shower and ate some cereal for breakfast. After that I read and did some homework and then ate lunch with Mami and Papi. We had salsichitos which are hot dogs. MAmi put them in some special sauce or something and cut them up and they were really good! Speaking of food, Mami is the best cook! Everything I have eaten has been really good and she always tells me to tell her if I dont like something. And I actually do feel comfortable doing that.Tonight we are going over to Mamis sons house to eat dinner. I think that will be a little bit overwhelming because I am going to have no idea what is going on. Tomorrow we are going to church and then I dont know what else.

My Spanish classes start on Monday and I think they will be really great! We are in a class with super nice teachers and like five other students. Me and some people who live around me are taking a taxi to get there. By bus, it would take like 1.5 hours and by taxi it takes about 10 minutes! eventually we are going to get there by walking which will take about 40 minutes or so!

I hope you all are doing well. I miss you and I miss life at home. I am so blessed to have such a great family here! Hopefully I will update sometime soon and with some pictures!