Jaden and I had a great day together. We went for a walk (where I learned
Jaden doesn’t like to get muddy), took a nap and went to Turrialba with
Amanda. On the way to Turrialba,
Jaden and I sat in the front seat.
Jaden couldn’t take his eyes off the bus driver and even began mimicking
him as he changed gears.
Eddie came home from his trip, washed his shoes and clothes
and then met us in La Suiza for dinner with Rysen and Juan Gabriel. Over pizza and milkshakes, we looked at
pictures and heard all about their trip.
COMING SOON: AN UPDATE FROM EDDIE ABOUT CHIRRIPO
Saturday, December 1
Feliz Cumpleaños, Samia! We started the day with a family breakfast, and Samia and
Freddy made a trip to Turriabla before she had to go to work in the
afternoon. We all went to eat at
the restaurant with Samia for lunch.
When we got home, we got an invitation to join Amanda and
Rysen to wish Deidre a Happy Birthday.
We ate cake, drank coquito, and hung out at her house with Zeidy,
Gabriela, and Josué until it was time to go to youth group.
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| Happy Birthday, Deidre! |
We headed to CISA, where Eddie and Amanda had band practice
with the youth band for a few hours.
We had another fun night at youth and ended the evening with trust
falls.
Sunday, December 2
Eddie, Jaden and I headed to church this morning with plans
to send Jaden home with Amanda after church. But… plans change.
Amanda was dealing with a new kind of sickness… parasites. Since there are two types and one is
contagious, we decided not to send Jaden her way. Instead, we asked Deidre to watch him because we were
invited to Turriabla with Freddy and Jimena to watch José Pablo play futbol.
We celebrated with pizza because José Pablo’s team won. We also needed to stop at the grocery
store for a few things on our way home.
Freddy was so tired that he let Eddie drive home. Before we could go home, we had
to pick up Jaden. Freddy was so
tired that as we passed his street, he asked Eddie to stop so he could walk
home to take a nap.
We finally picked up Jaden and we all went home
exhausted. We vegged out on the
couch and watched “Popeye” until it was time to go to bed.
Monday, December 3
Our regular climb up the mountain was made more exciting
this morning because Deidre joined us for our last exercise class! She helped make my walk more
interesting with her great stories told with her great Boston accent. I love it!
After showers and breakfast, we met for our regular Monday
morning meeting. Hector gave Eddie
some interesting news. His
homework for the month of December is to prepare a 3 minute devotional and song
everyday in Spanish!!! (Eddie
thought we were all taking turns, but we informed him that he misunderstood)
In Spanish class Rysen and I practiced vocabulary and
numbers… they are coming to me more easily, but I still need to practice
them. When your everyday purchases
cost 2 million colones, you get used to using big numbers. In case you are wondering, 2 mil in
colones is the same as about $4.
After school, I got right to work baking a cake for Samia and
making coquito for the surprise party later. This morning, we told her that we were celebrating Deidre’s
birthday this evening and that we would not be home for dinner. She bought it…
When she walked in Gabby’s house and we all shouted “sorpresa!” she was surprised!
Once she realized we were all there for her birthday, she shed a few tears of
joy and we all enjoyed replaying how we pulled off the surprise… the only
glitch was that she was wondering why Hector was not invited to the “pretend”
party for Deidre (she ran into him in Turrialba this afternoon).
Gabby and Erica made 4 pizzas and about 50 “tacos.” After
consuming enough food to last a month, we sang “Feliz Cumpleaños” and cut the
cake.
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| The "Entertainment" for the party! |
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