Costa Rica #2 - September 11, 2007

Hi everyone!

Our happy news is that we have an internet connection at home!! It makes me feel like I can connect to everyone back in the US more easily. If you want to reach us by phone, you can do so at 304-342-4592. If you happen to be in Charleston, WV, it will be free for you. Otherwise it will be a regular long distance call to WV. If you want to send us any mail, our address is as follows:
(Name)
Instituto de Lengua Espanola
Apartado 100-2350
San Jose, Costa Rica
America Central

Lastly, if you are in Costa Rica, our local phone is 227-0471.

Rainy Season
Before this trip to Costa Rica we wondered what the rainy season was like. Now we understand!!! Most mornings we wake up to sunny or partly sunny skies. Sometime during the day the clouds roll in and usually in the afternoon and/or evening we get rain. Sometimes a lot of rain. Our first week it seemed like it rained more every day we were here. Which started to make me a little nervous since October is supposed to be the really rainy month!!! But today it's 5 o'clock and it hasn't rained yet today. And the temperature has been very pleasant - I think it has been mostly in the upper 70's. We use our blankets at night - I'm glad we brought them. We're also really glad the girls have full rainsuits and we have large ponchos! Umbrellas don't really work for walks home from school in a downpour.

Language School
John and I now have a week of classes under our belt. We have three different classes each day. We start at 7:30 (am!!) with phonetics, then we have conversation. After our hour break we have two hours of grammar. Our first classes have 4 students in each of them and my grammar class has 8. I think John's has 9 or 10. I like all of my teachers and my classmates. I had my first quiz yesterday and John has two tests (one on verbs & one on vocabulary) at the end of the week. We finish our classes at noon and after lunch have time to do homework before we have to pick up the girls. We try to study some more after the girls go to bed at 8:00 PM.

If you have any questions, let me know - I'll use them for subjects in my upcoming e-mails. Next time I'll try to write a bit of history behind how we ended up here for those of you who don't really have the background info.

Chao!

Amy

P.S. For those of you inclined towards prayer I'll keep our requests here in my PS, along with the things for which we are thankful.

Thanks:
Safe arrival
Good health for all of us
Good adjustment to school for the girls

Requests:
Good sleep - it's getting better, but John espescially has had a hard time sleeping
Brains that can pick up spanish!