A phrase that many Costa Rican’s live by. Whether you’re greeting someone, saying farewell, a response to difficulties, expressing satisfaction, or celebrating good fortunes of any size...all can be followed with “Pura Vida”.
Seeing as my last blog entry was 15 days ago by now, you can all tell that I am already not very good at this whole thing called blogging. But thank goodness for a good memory!
I arrived in Costa Rica last Friday already, and it’s absolutely beautiful here. It rains absolutely every day, and when I say rain, I don’t just mean that it drizzles everyday. It pours, and not just for half an hour, but a good 3-4 hours daily! It’s amazing here though. Before I share more about Costa Rica though, I want to share about my time in Mexico.
I was looking forward to Mexico being a time of rest. If you call playing card games 24/7, constantly connecting with wonderful people, taking in as many Mexican hotdogs as possible, celebrating birthdays (both mine and Ryan’s), celebrating Mexican Independence Day, experiencing yet another crazy rain storm (which thankfully was nothing too treacherous this year) rest, which I definitely do, then it was a wonderful time of rest!
Some highlights from my time in Mexico were definitely celebrating their Independence Day, which they begin to celebrate late on September 15th, and continue through to the next morning where different ceremonies and parades take place. Mexico’s Independence Day celebration is big to begin with, and this year was no different, especially since they celebrated their 200th year of Independence! Ryan and I headed into the downtown of a nearby city with a pastor couple, their kids and friends to take in the celebrations. Like I mentioned before other highlights were definitely the endless hours just relaxing, playing countless games, and taking in as much Mexican cuisine I could.
From Mexico I enjoyed a good 10 hour bus ride north to Phoenix during the night, and from there caught a flight to Houston. Spent the night in the airport, and the next morning caught a flight down to San Jose, Costa Rica. Needless to say it was a very long trip, but I made it, and I promise one day soon I will share more about my experiences here in Costa Rica!
September 29, 2010
Pura Vida.
A phrase that many Costa Rican’s live by. Whether you’re greeting someone, saying farewell, a response to difficulties, expressing satisfaction, or celebrating good fortunes of any size...all can be followed with “Pura Vida”.
Seeing as my last blog entry was 15 days ago by now, you can all tell that I am already not very good at this whole thing called blogging. But thank goodness for a good memory!
I arrived in Costa Rica last Friday already, and it’s absolutely beautiful here. It rains absolutely every day, and when I say rain, I don’t just mean that it drizzles everyday. It pours, and not just for half an hour, but a good 3-4 hours daily! It’s amazing here though. Before I share more about Costa Rica though, I want to share about my time in Mexico.
I was looking forward to Mexico being a time of rest. If you call playing card games 24/7, constantly connecting with wonderful people, taking in as many Mexican hotdogs as possible, celebrating birthdays (both mine and Ryan’s), celebrating Mexican Independence Day, experiencing yet another crazy rain storm (which thankfully was nothing too treacherous this year) rest, which I definitely do, then it was a wonderful time of rest!
Some highlights from my time in Mexico were definitely celebrating their Independence Day, which they begin to celebrate late on September 15th, and continue through to the next morning where different ceremonies and parades take place. Mexico’s Independence Day celebration is big to begin with, and this year was no different, especially since they celebrated their 200th year of Independence! Ryan and I headed into the downtown of a nearby city with a pastor couple, their kids and friends to take in the celebrations. Like I mentioned before other highlights were definitely the endless hours just relaxing, playing countless games, and taking in as much Mexican cuisine I could.
From Mexico I enjoyed a good 10 hour bus ride north to Phoenix during the night, and from there caught a flight to Houston. Spent the night in the airport, and the next morning caught a flight down to San Jose, Costa Rica. Needless to say it was a very long trip, but I made it, and I promise one day soon I will share more about my experiences here in Costa Rica!
Seeing as my last blog entry was 15 days ago by now, you can all tell that I am already not very good at this whole thing called blogging. But thank goodness for a good memory!
I arrived in Costa Rica last Friday already, and it’s absolutely beautiful here. It rains absolutely every day, and when I say rain, I don’t just mean that it drizzles everyday. It pours, and not just for half an hour, but a good 3-4 hours daily! It’s amazing here though. Before I share more about Costa Rica though, I want to share about my time in Mexico.
I was looking forward to Mexico being a time of rest. If you call playing card games 24/7, constantly connecting with wonderful people, taking in as many Mexican hotdogs as possible, celebrating birthdays (both mine and Ryan’s), celebrating Mexican Independence Day, experiencing yet another crazy rain storm (which thankfully was nothing too treacherous this year) rest, which I definitely do, then it was a wonderful time of rest!
Some highlights from my time in Mexico were definitely celebrating their Independence Day, which they begin to celebrate late on September 15th, and continue through to the next morning where different ceremonies and parades take place. Mexico’s Independence Day celebration is big to begin with, and this year was no different, especially since they celebrated their 200th year of Independence! Ryan and I headed into the downtown of a nearby city with a pastor couple, their kids and friends to take in the celebrations. Like I mentioned before other highlights were definitely the endless hours just relaxing, playing countless games, and taking in as much Mexican cuisine I could.
From Mexico I enjoyed a good 10 hour bus ride north to Phoenix during the night, and from there caught a flight to Houston. Spent the night in the airport, and the next morning caught a flight down to San Jose, Costa Rica. Needless to say it was a very long trip, but I made it, and I promise one day soon I will share more about my experiences here in Costa Rica!
September 14, 2010
A time of rest.
I’m very excited that before heading off to Costa Rica and beginning my school I get the opportunity to spend some time with my brother, Ryan, in San Carlos, Mexico at the mission centre where he works. After the hustle and bustle of getting ready for YWAM collecting last minute items, connecting with as many friends and family as I could, packing and unpacking numerous times because clearly I had way too much stuff, but I thought that maybe if I packed it differently into my bags or shuffled it around somehow it would lose weight. But seemingly no matter how many times I packed and repacked, took one item out, and probably put two more in my suitcase never seemed to come out lighter...Imagine that! The best part of it all though is that I went through all that packing and unpacking only to get to the airport in Grand Forks, and have the clerk wave my second bag (which I wasn’t planning on taking) through at NO charge! Such a blessing!
I really am not a huge fan of the seemingly rat race in preparing for a trip, the packing, and time spent in the airport before leaving, but I do love the feeling of finally making it onto the plane, and just sitting there at ease. Knowing there’s nothing I can do about the stuff that I left at home and wish I had packed, (yes, I will be the first to admit right here that I have a very bad case of the over-packer syndrome), but more importantly and in all seriousness just sitting there really looking forward to the time of rest and relaxation that is ahead of me in Mexico before heading off to Costa Rica. Like I mentioned earlier, after all the hustle and bustle of getting ready for YWAM it will be very good to just relax, and to be able to use this time as a transition time into the next phase of my life and adventure. Anyways, it’s not late here in Mexico, but my body is definitely still on Manitoba time, and according to that it’s bed time!
I really am not a huge fan of the seemingly rat race in preparing for a trip, the packing, and time spent in the airport before leaving, but I do love the feeling of finally making it onto the plane, and just sitting there at ease. Knowing there’s nothing I can do about the stuff that I left at home and wish I had packed, (yes, I will be the first to admit right here that I have a very bad case of the over-packer syndrome), but more importantly and in all seriousness just sitting there really looking forward to the time of rest and relaxation that is ahead of me in Mexico before heading off to Costa Rica. Like I mentioned earlier, after all the hustle and bustle of getting ready for YWAM it will be very good to just relax, and to be able to use this time as a transition time into the next phase of my life and adventure. Anyways, it’s not late here in Mexico, but my body is definitely still on Manitoba time, and according to that it’s bed time!
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