October?

Holy cow, it’s October already.

It’s weird thinking that I’ve been down here in Costa Rica for a month already. In many ways, it seems like the time has just FLOWN. I only have one more week of Base Seminar at LASP and Spanish classes at ICADS and I’ll have 9 of my 16 credit hours for the semester completed. I’ll knock out another hour during our time in Nicaragua the following 10 days.

I’ve got a lot due in the coming week. Need to knock out a 7-10 page paper in Spanish about the Pinochet’s dictatorship in Chile, the exiles during that time, and how Christians should respond to the defense of human rights. Worth 45% of my Base Seminar grade. Oh, and I have a 8-10 minute oral Spanish presentation in ICADS that’s worth at least 25% of my grade. No biggie. At least I know that it’s gonna be downhill from there from an academic standpoint.

Got to lead worship- including playing the piano- for our praise and worship service Wednesday morning. That was really interesting but really awesome at the same time. We had a pretty good sharing time this morning to during our “Camino Espiritual” discussions. It’s nice to know a little bit about everyone and why they think how they think.

It’s been raining down here. A LOT. So much so that yesterday a big part of a mountain crumbled and is now covering a road in San José and that many of the major roadways leading out of the city have collapsed. Lots of families homes have been destroyed; I think in total I heard someone say that total damages right now are around 15 million. Not sure if they meant dollars or colones. Either way, it’s significant. Be praying for those families.

Getting ready to head over to a friend’s house soon to watch a movie or two and just hang out with some of my other American friends down here. I’m excited for it, but I’m a little nervous about what his family’s gonna think about a big group of English-speakers taking over their house. Gonna try my best to speak some Spanish while I’m there so the fam doesn’t feel completely uncomfortable.

Miss you all greatly! Oh, and I know it’s kinda late, but here’s my address if you wanna drop me a note or anything:

Robert Audia
Programa de Estudios Latinoamericanos
Apdo. 54-2070
Sabanilla, Montes de Oca
San José, COSTA RICA

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

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~ by robertmvnu on October 1, 2010.