Lessons and Exercise

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Hey Everyone!

Every morning I have been walking with Marita around Orosi. Marita is the mother of the family in Orosi. We have been walking every morning for at least an hour. I will try to post some pictures of the Rio Mache which is the river that runs near the town. The town gets its electricity from the river via a hydroelectric plant near the town and the river. Our walks are always around the river. There is a foot bridge that is very scary to walk on since it is a suspension bridge and it sways when we walk across the river.

Now I am finding it hard to find the words to write here since I have struggled all afternoon in Spanish Conversation. My teacher says that I am coming along ¨poco y poco¨ or little by little. I have to write a small story every day and have grammar exercises to complete each day. I struggle a lot but most people are patient and do try to speak with me. It is one thing to know the vocabulary (which I feel okay about) but entirely another thing to string the things you want to say into sentences. I am working on speaking in the past tense which will require much more study.

This weekend is a 3 day weekend for the Costa Ricans, or Ticos, for short. On Monday they celebrate the death of a national hero Juan Santamaria. So on Monday the family is having a party for the children at the hot springs near Orosi since they have no school. I also will have 3 days without lessons and so must catch up and review my grammar and vocabulary. Hopefully I will be able to make a dessert or some other thing to bring to the party.

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Photos

Rio Macho
We see and hear (note the rocks) the river every day on our walks on the edge of town.