Well we're well into month 3 living here and things are still amazing. Our boss has been working overtime to find us both more hours so that has been working out great! He moved our office, which was a 10 minute walk from our house, out to Heredia which is a 35 minute bus ride away but other than that nothing is really new. The secretary Cecilia, who has been a godsend to us since we arrived, unfortunately didn't do the move with him so we had to say goodbye to her. Very sweet lady!! Michael sent us some more [View Full Entry]

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May 14, 2008 2:00pm It’s been a couple of days since I’ve written. It’s currently Wednesday and I have completed my third day of medical school. Things are going alright so far… let’s see if I can remember my classes: Gross Anatomy, Histology, Biochemistry, Doctor Patient Society, Physiology… I think that’s it but I can’t remember. Today’s classes were awful - we had biochemistry where the professor thought it was a good idea for us to teach each other without any lecture, which really just annoyed everyone. Then we had two anatomy lectures that were raced through and incredibly confusing. Now [View Full Entry]

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Hmmm.. so I didn't get round to updating within a month. At least the intention was there! Been very busy since the last epic blog so I won't promise this will be short :) Diving in Utila was awesome, the night dive was incredible. We saw a great big blue octopus chilling out on some coral and big hairy sea cucumbers and, as promised, cool phosflourescent stuff! (i forget the proper name!). Diving in the dark is a very bizarre experience, only seeing the small area where your torch is pointing, trying not to think about all the other stuff that [View Full Entry]

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Just another day in my office and suddenly... tarataraaaraaa.... carnival music and people singing: the classic signs of a religious procesion in Casco Viejo. I know most people feel a serious ceremony should be more appropiate, but so far I haven´t seen any procession here that is not filled with music, ballons and flowers. Keep in mind Casco Viejo has at least 7 churches, and they celebrate every saint in the book. Today, it was San Pancracio. The best is that it gets celebrated with great music and fun! I asked around (I´m such an ignorant in these matters) and they [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone!! It's been a while since I've posted, so thought I'd just drop a note to say I'm still alive and kicking. Actually, I have a lot of great updates (birthday celebration, things at school, etc.)...but just can't scrape enough minutes together to type everything up. Plus I was sick for a week straight (missed two days of school, stayed in bed, awful). Physically I'm better now. Emotionally I am ready for the school year to be finished (we have 3 more weeks...PRAYERS PLEASE!!!). Spiritually I'm hungry for some solid preaching and heart-to-hearts. But I'm learning to rely on God [View Full Entry]

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Today started bright (well, it actually wasn't very bright when my cellphone alarm went off at 4AM) and early in San Jose. I had managed to find the Tica Bus ticket agency relatively close to my San Jose, Costa Rica hostel and had purchased my ticket previously. I got up and ready for the long journey to Nicaragua with the taxi picking me up promptly at 5AM as arranged. The taxi driver quickly became annoyed when he heard that I only wanted the Tica Bus Terminal as opposed to the airport as the San Jose airport is actually in the 'burbs [View Full Entry]

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Big life update for Sarah and Rick! Sarah has chosen to attend Emory Law School next year. Although her initial intention was to defer law school for a year and stay in Nicaragua, Emory has offered an enticing scholarship that would be jeopardized by such a plan. We've decided that it'd be too good to pass up and will be heading north to settle in the South--at least for three years. Rick has decided to leave his job with Witness For Peace and see what kind of mischief he can find in Georgia. We are both very sad to leave the [View Full Entry]

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Hey, All Here are some new pictures! I will write with updates later! brookeroebuck.shutterfly.com/action/?a=0ActXDNszcMWLC6A ~Brooke [View Full Entry]

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We have been here around 10 days. Ordered parts from the US, waiting... Lot's to see and do. People are very nice and helpful. [View Full Entry]

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¡AVISO! WARNING!: SOME CONTENT OF THIS ENTRY MAY BE DIFFICULT TO READ FOR THE FAINT OF HEART AND/OR STOMACH. That being said, I was recently inspired to write about my not-so-glamorous experiences here in hot, flat, rural El Salvador by the ingenious travel writer J. Maarten Troost, author of The Sex Lives of Cannibals ( The Book ). Reading this book and laughing out loud convinced me that it´s indeed okay--and in fact, quite healthy--to express my concerns and, well, deep-seated anxieties about my continuing lifestyle "abroad." "You´re the inspiration" So, one night while I was consuming a surprising amount of [View Full Entry]

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