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Above: A view of San Jose from the hills north of Alajuela. (The picture has nothing to do with the classes, its just pretty!)
Over the past two months here in San Jose, we have been volunteering at a local community center teaching English to Costa Ricans with a desire to learn. The students have been great and they all speak much more English than we speak Spanish.
The classes meet every Wednesday night for two hours, with a 20 minute break for coffee, singing, and a bible message. We have been alternating teaching the same class, intermediate English. Usually Lindsey goes for the first hour, Sean brings Lucy for the break, and then the girls go home and Sean teaches the second hour. Though we have taught certain themes and subjects, by far the favorite thing for the students is to talk, talk, and talk. Unlike us, who interact with Spanish speakers constantly throughout the week, most of our students only speak English on Wednesday nights.
We have really enjoyed our time teaching, it has been great to make some friends in the neighborhood, practice our Spanish, and learn more about a ministry we hope to implement in Honduras.
June 19, 2008
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Yet another set of sunset pictures from our porch.
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More sunsets from our front door. On this night we caught the sun right as it was about to set over the mountain.
April 11, 2008
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The other night there was a beautiful sunset in San Jose. As the sun was just setting behind the mountain, the sky filled with clouds and became very overcast. The result was like shining a very dark sky, but a very bright light because the sunlight was all reflecting off the clouds. Here are some photos.
This picture is looking west from our front porch.
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These two pictures are the same view, but with different camera settings. It was amazing how dark the shadows were, at yet how bright and colorful the light was.
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This is looking north at the light on some of the clouds.
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Looking directly west at the sun. I love the perfectly straight line of sunlight coming off the mountain on the left side of the picture.
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March 25, 2008
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