Fotos de Vacas dos

They have information and soveniers! ¿En serio? Chocolate Vaca on a stick! Truett should cash in on this...

The funny thing is, the title of this one had nothing to do with Han Solo...

I don´t know either...
Those spots are actually holes.

It´s a tomatoe and a cow.
If Earth were shaped like a cow, this is what it would look like.

I Bought A Hammock And I´m Not Sure Why...

I figure it might become useful in the future.

Today was a good day. We did get to see The Dark Knight in the morning. Great movie! I´m going to have a lot to write about in my other blog when I get back. Or sooner.

After the movie we took a bus into the city for the afternoon. We went to a little marketplace area, basically a covered version of an Argentine hippie fair. Then we grabbed lunch at a Pizzaria.

Then, we went in search of vacas (cows). I think the Cow Parade is a really cool idea. It´s a unique way to display different aspects of a culture.

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Yes!

Ha!
This is on a street corner.

All We Wanted Were Tickets To Batman

A got a 91 on my test, which is exciting.
I got some food in the San Pedro Mall then went to the theater to inquire about tickets for The Dark Knight. The lady said we could prebuy tickets and that they had showings in English every hour, for tomorrow. Good, I´ll head back and tell the others.
So I did. After we dropped our stuff off at Katie and Elizabeth´s house we headed back to the San Pedro Mall to get our tickets.

As we were standing in line, I heard Erin say, "She´s really sick back here."
I turned around thinking someone was about to throw up but instead, I saw Brittney swaying back and forth about to fall. Krissy and Katie walked her to a bench to sit and rest. The rest of us stayed in line. We got to the counter and I asked the lady about tickets, but the computer wouldn´t let us buy them until tomorrow.
After that, we went to the FoodCourt to get some food, especially for Brittney. I bought a kid´s meal from Burger King because they have Batman toys and because we didn´t get our tickets.

"We Could Plant Pizza Plants"

I think, if pizza plants existed, they would be in Costa Rica. It has so many little Pizzarias with gynormous pieces of pizza. I had one today for less than two dollars.
In my first class, we had a test. I think it went ok, but I´m sure it wasn´t as good as my first test. In my second class, we watched a really sad movie about child soldiers. It was based on a true story. Of course, at some point in the near future we´re going to have to converse about it, though I´m not sure when.

Somewhere In The World, A Car Alarm Is Going Off. It´s Probably In Costa Rica.

So I finally gave my presentation today. I´m kind of disappointed about how it went. The giving of the presentation was fine, but the discussion afterwords wasn´t productive I don´t think. We ended up talking about drug laws.
When I was online today I checked the blog of a STINTer in Argentina. She talked about how much of an impact the Summer Project had this summer. 13 came to Christ and the STINTers currently have 200 new contacts to follow up with because of the Summer Project.

Going back to Argentina was one of my options for this summer. And when I heard that there was no one going that had experience in La Plata, it was hard for me to say no. I had one of those prideful moments where I thought I was needed in La Plata because I know the city, some of the people, and the language...sort of. It was encouraging and humbling at the same time to read about how God worked in La Plata this summer.

The content in class isn´t as confusing as it used to be, which is exciting.

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It´s Kind Of Like Summer Project Now

In Santa Cruz, halfway through the project, the staff left. All of them. Only students in charge. Today, the beginning of the second half of the trip, was our last day with Dr. Adams. She´s returning to the states tomorrow to teach a summer course at Winthrop.
That means that, as of tomorrow, we won´t have a chaperone anymore. Not that she was really a chaperone per say, but she did have to play referee more than once.
Which leads me to say that we need all the prayer we can get now. The oldest person in our group just jumped down from a married Tican (Costa Rican) to a 22 year old gringo. Not that getting around will be significantly harder, but the tension in our group has the potential to rise with Catalina gone.

And, as an added bonus, we started learning concepts in class today that I don´t fully understand. I´ve been taught it before, but it hasn´t sunk in yet because I don´t completely understand the concept in English.

Nothing Says "Forth of July" Like Will Smith Saving The World

I´ve waited at least a week to use that title because for about a week our group was been trying to see Hancock. We had to keep rescheduling, but today, today was the day.
We got to the movie theater and went to check the times...and there were no viewings of Hancock in English. Blast!

So we ended up seeing the only movie they had in English, Wall-E, which was a good movie.

I feel like I should have more important, profound things to say. Or at least more interesting things than what movie we saw. Tomorrow should have some good stuff.

I tried to upload some pictures but the computer was not cooperating with me, so I´ll have to try again later.

Now I Know How Dr. Grant Must Have Felt When He First Got To The Island

Of course, I wasn´t attacked by dinosaurs, but I spent the past couple days out of the city. We were at the beach, in the mountains and the jungle.
Friday, we headed to the Pacific coast and spend all day at the beach. It was so much fun.
Saturday, we drove through the mountains into the jungle to a tourist park of sorts. We did a canopy tour which involved hooking up to numerous ziplines and going through and over the trees. Absolutely amazing!
Spending time in nature does something good to the soul. It also wears out the body.

Please be praying for our group. There´s still tension between some of the girls. It´s almost like there are two "clicks" within our already small group. This needs to stop. We need prayer. I´m in the unique position of being able to be in both groups without tension, but please pray for unity.

2 Down, 2 To Go

Halfway done is a good feeling. I don´t hate it here, but I´m ready to be home.
After class, some of us went to Bufalo´s for lunch. Then we went to the central market in San Jose. It´s a large building with lots of small shops inside. Very crowded. Kind of smells bad. Over all, not the highlight of my day.

Actually, the highlight of my day was the fact that I spent almost all afternoon talking with Erin. We talked about lots of things. I think that´s what she needs, someone to listen to her and engage her.

If You Are What You Eat Then I Am Currently A Large Plate Of Rice And Beans

I got a 95 on my test. Woot! I decided that I want to do my other three presentations using the focus group topics on godsquad.com. I´m excited to have an intentional plan, but kind of nervous.
After class today, I went to Taco Bell for lunch. Don´t judge me, I really wanted a Mountain Dew. Unfortunately, they didn´t have Mountain Dew. They had 7-Up. You only drink 7-Up if your stomach hurts. And if your stomach hurts, you definitely don´t go to Taco Bell. I´m just sayin´.