Turrialba in the rain

Friday, January 25

Kirsten, her three boys, me, and Jaden.

Jaden woke me up bright and early this morning, so I decided to quick get dressed and take him on a morning walk to the corner store.  We needed eggs and platano maduros (so I could make my new favorite breakfast).  After spending a total of $3 on a dozen eggs and half a dozen platanos, we walked back home.  It was a quiet and over cast morning in Tuis… chilly, but warm enough to be in shorts and a t-shirt.   Yesterday we had a plan in place for this morning:  If it was sunny and warm at 10:00, we would all go swimming in the river.  If it was rainy and cold, we would take the 10:00 bus to Turriabla.  We met most of the other students at the 10:00 bus.  We even squeezed 6 people into a two person seat on the bus.

Our first stop was the jewelry store, for a new watch battery for Kirsten.  It ended up being so easy to find it and it was very inexpensive.  Then we headed to the smoothie store.  After that, it started to rain.  We ditched our plans to go to the park and headed for the Farmer’s Market.  On the way, we stopped to get a coconut to drink and ended up making friends with the family running the stand.  Before we left, we ended up with 2 free coconuts and a free bunch of bananas.

After that, we headed to the farmers market.  We wanted to show Amanda, Katie, and Michelle the awesome assortment of fruits and veggies!

We loaded up on our weekly fruits and veggies and then headed off to finish running errands.  We ate lunch together and then headed home on the bus.  We took up the whole back two rows of the bus:

Ryan was a little squished.

Amanda and Jaden were a little sleepy.

And we were just h.a.p.p.y.

When we got home, Eddie spent some time tuning the guitar and making sure it was ready for Josué.  He invited him over to show it to him.  Josué was so excited, he said he felt like crying.  Eddie was sure to explain that it belonged to CISA but was his to practice on any time he wanted.  What a sweet moment!

Later, I was cleaning up the kitchen and Jaden was eating a bowl of yogurt... at least I thought he was eating the yogurt...

Rysen came over for dinner and game night for his last night in Tuis.  Amongst lots of laughs and brotherly-sisterly play-fighting where Jaden had to defend his Titi, we said our goodbyes to Rysen.  He is headed home to Canada for a week and then coming back to Costa Rica for a 4-month semester of Bible College.  He will be about a 3-hour bus ride from us.  Therefore, as we say “goodbye,” we can hope it is actually “see you later.”