View from the front of our apartment

Our apartment. We are in the grey - top right.

Today we went to orientation for Madison's school which starts tomorrow. We drop her off, then our orientation starts. Madison is THRILLED to be starting school tomorrow - she wore her backpack to orientation just to "get used to it" :-) After that, we did some MORE shopping for things to help our place feel a little more like home. Believe it or not, we still haven't gotten everything - but we are much closer. Not bad for day 2. Riding the taxi today was quite fun - speaking only in Spanish we somehow managed to get where we needed to go.

New firsts today:


1. Made red beans on stove top
2. Taxi ride speaking only Spanish, in Costa Rica
3. Walked to our school, and managed not to get lost (Mike led the way - but whatever)
4. Being shocked by our refrigerator...everytime I open it (remember - it's a 3rd world culture)
5. Stapled my foot (don't ask)

Beyond PFT

I've mentioned this to all my fellow trainees, but I would be happy to maintain this as a collaborative blog where we can keep up with each other as we work to finish up our support-raising and get into the field.

Additionally, I've created a Google Group for us here. I hope it'll be a convenient way to share non-image files (.doc, .pdf, .xls and so forth). It's public, so you should be able to join on your own, but let me know if you need an invite for any reason. I hope everyone is safely home or on their way. The Lord be with you all.