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BLOG POST FOR JUNE 9
Hola de Paraíso!
We had a great day exploring Paraiso, our home in Costa Rica for the next two weeks! After picking up the students that arrived today, we spent the afternoon getting settled, playing games and preparing for the two weeks ahead! We enjoyed typical Costa Rican meals and are heading to bed to get some sleep after a long travel day. At the time of this writing on Monday evening, Addie and Kaylani are arriving in a few hours – we can’t wait to meet them!
Hasta Manana,
Julianne and Leo
BLOG POST FOR JUNE 10
Written by: Oyinda Emuleomo and Julie Aneja
To kick off our first day in beautiful Costa Rica, we ate fresh fruit and prensadas, a typical breakfast item in Costa Rica which is a tortilla filled with cheese and eggs. Then we started Orientation and got to know each other better with games and icebreakers and established our house rules. After breakfast, we walked to a nearby park where there were many vendors with jewelry, food, crafts, and clothing. After returning to home base, we finished up our orientation and then we ate lunch.
After lunch, Juanca came to train us for our vision screening tests we will be performing the next few days on students at a nearby elementary school. We learned how to set up the room, and key phrases we will need to communicate with the students. Following this, we bonded over a game of ‘Catchphrase’ and waited for our bus to take us to Las Brujas, a soccer field that one of our staff owns. We played a game against the locals and split up into two teams, Puma FC and The Celtics. Puma FC won the game with 7 goals against 2 from The Celtics.
We drove back to home base, and all took well-earned showers and ate dinner which was pasta with cheese or red sauce and garlic bread. We reflected on our time here afterwards and thought about what it would be like to go without our phones for majority of the day. We ended the day excited to make many new friends tomorrow and make an impact on the community. We also can’t wait to put on our dance shoes for our Zumba class tomorrow! What a fantastic first day!
BLOG POST FOR JUNE 11
Today we had an early wake up call, to ensure that we arrived on time to help elementary students with vision screening tests. It was a productive session where we screened 80 students and 20 of them will get glasses with their choice of frames delivered to their school. We practiced our Spanish conversation skills and played with the students during recess.
After three hours of hard work, we rested at home base and reflected on how we could improve our Spanish speaking skills for the following days. A few people went on a run around the park down the street. We headed out for our activity, a dance class featuring multiple types of local dances. After that we got a treat at a local ice cream shop. We returned home to eat dinner and rest from a long, active day.
-London and Ali
