In the words of my brother...."She's hooked!"

So here I am less than a week before my flight to Costa Rica and I am totally pumped! I cannot believe that in a few days I will be flying back to Costa Rica for 2 months. I am really excited and blessed to have been given this opportunity to go back to the families and community I lived with while I was abroad and reconnect with them.

Through a course at school I was able to set up my own summer mission project and receive a grant for the work I will be doing while I am abroad. The work includes teaching English in the communities high school everyday and sharing the love of Christ with them. While I am there I will be teaching the same 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th graders I worked with while I was teaching there abroad. The only difference will be my students will be all one year older!!

Some things I am excited for:
1. Travel Independently
2. Visit my host family in San Jose again!
3. Eat Gallo pinto! YUMMMM
4. Teach in the Mountains of Cartago
5. Walk to school everyday
6. Take freezing cold showers at 6 a.m. (this one, not so much!)


I was talking to a friend of the family and my brother this past weekend about my traveling endeavors and how they began with a church mission's trip to Thailand together a few years back. I mentioned how that trip really opened my eyes to how vast the world really is around us and how I love learning about different cultures. My brother's responded jokingly but true, "Now she is hooked!"
He is right! I am excited that I am able to travel and learn about others through service and I pray that God would be glorified in these next 6 weeks!