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And we're off! I am currently on the airplane (TACA - airline) from Dulles to San Salvador. We're flying into the same airport I went to last summer! Ah, memories. We left JMU yesterday around 5:30 and headed t
o Stephen's house for the night. They fed us Chinese food, fruit, brownies, and ice cream. His parents and siblings are all so nice! After dinner and talking for a bit, we watched Space Jam, then went to bed around 11:30. Macy, Alyx, and I stayed in Stephen's older brother Sean's room in the basement (Sean was off @ college), and the be
d was quite comfortable. We got up at 5:15am to eat cereal, get things together, and leave around 6. So early! Stephen's parents d
rove us to Dulles, we checked bags & such, went through security, & headed to our gate. We met up with the rest of our group there- I think there are 22 of us. I'm sitting next to Jenny... she's really nice, and also writing in a journal. I definitely packed as lightly as I could, but I feel like I overpacked by looking at others' bags. Oh well, I'm prepared! The hiking backpack is packed full, as is my carry-on side bag, so it will be interesting to figure out what to do with p
urchased items. A lot of us are wearing our rubber boots on the plane... how stylish! Praying that God will allow us a healthy & safe trip! I feel a nap coming on.
Hasta luego---
First picture of the trip = Jenny with our airplane breakfast!
2 waffle strips with fruit jelly & peach yogurt/pudding stuff (though omelet & french toast were other options), a croissant & butter, a fruit cup (Dole!), and a fudge brownie cookie. Yum! & I'm washing it all down with ginger ale, of course. Now that I have food on my stomach, I should take my weekly malaria pill! Yum... not. They just started playing Mamma Mía, but we can't get any channels to work with the audio, unfortunately. Looks like I'll get back to that nap I was working on earlier! I gave up meat for lent again, but in CR I'll have to eat what they give me, & Mom said I'm doing God's work anyway! I actually cheated last night though with the chicken that came with the Chinese. I didn't really realize it until it was on my plate, & there was then no turning back. Oops! Oh well... it will begin again when we're back in the States. Off to write/draw with Amber's skinny Sharpie on my boots to claim them as my own! ... & para dormirme!
(Cov. Pres. spring break devotional entry 1)
PS- The boots are swirled with Sharpie now. Woo!
We are in Costa Rica. Woo! & in a hotel... what?! We're in a hotel (Hotel Americana) for the night. The end of the first flight, the short layover, an the second flight all went well. No nausea! During the less-than-hour-layover, Alyx and I found some bandanas to buy -> now we can be cool bandana kids like Macy (& Becky & David Orr...). On the second flight I sat between Isaac & Brianna. We all listened to the best music on channel 11... it was like Costa Rican techno! We all also did the wave between the rows of all of us on the trip... the flight attendant laughed at us =) We got a small crescent roll with ham & ...mayonnaise?... inside. Not bad! Brianna also shared her food with me- fruit by the foot! Isaac also gave me some Combos. I'm glad my friends have food & like sharing! After going through customs & such again, we waited for our bus on the sidewalk & watched an American high-school-ish soccer team board a really nice bus. Isaac matched them with their red shirts & khaki pants... and he wished them good luck. When our bus got here, we boarded & met our STINT friends.
It was a short half-hour ride to where we are for the night- Hotel Americana. On the way, we saw some of San José... I noticed that the cars here are pretty nice- most nicer than my own, haha. Each garage had a fence down & locked in front of it. The dogs so far are cuter than those in El Salvador - some of them even as pets - but we shall see how the rest of the trip goes! Out of 4 million people living in Costa Rica, a little under 3 million live in San José.... basically in this wide, busy area between mountains. The weather is so perfect right now! It's warm with a nice breeze.
The hotel we're in is really nice, & I'm in a room with Kristen, Penny, Katie, & Jaime. We depart tomorrow morning (or wake up?) and 5:30am. Woo! We have dinner in a little while, which we're all excited about. David Orr brought a ukulele with him, & Isaac is playing the Rugrats theme song. I think I'm doing well on constricting my camera usage so far... only 5 disposable cameras, after all. (108 pictures is not enough.) A lot of people brought their digital cameras, but... oh well. I don't know how I would have kept it charged anyway.
Dinner was "seriously so good!" as my dinner table (-Isaac & +David Orr) kept saying for about ten minutes. It was a really nice set-up with great food - baked chicken, really buttery mashed potatoes, and steamed vegetables and a bread roll. A pretty standard meal at a hotel named Hotel Americana, I'd say. Kayla, Ayla, & Krista (sp? x 3) told us that the ladies in the village we're going to will be cooking our food all week, so lots of typical CR stuff like chicken, rice, & beans. This is apparently the second SI trip here for the year, and, while the jungle ministry has been set up for a while I think, the city program is still in its making. Updates from previous SI trips at the base: they have bunk-beds with mosquito netting, showers, and toilets. Basically, the Hilton of CR. I don't mind... but I'll probably just bathe in the river some days anyway. After dinner we reconvened at 7:15pm to play a name game and talk about some ins & outs of the trip. I'll write about things as they come- no need in writing what will probably happen. So far this trip has been great. I just really pray that God reaches to me through the people I interact with and the things I experience. After our meeting tonight, some people played Capitalism, but a few of us headed downstairs. Kristen & I got to talking, & I look forward to getting to know her & everyone else on the trip much better. We have a bus ride between 6 & 9 hours long tomorrow... we meet at 7 for devotional & breakfast (bags already packed). I'm sure that will serve as great time for great conversation! I pray that it is, anyway.
Buenas noches---
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