Arrival in Costa Rica

After a 12 hour drive starting at 5 am arrived in Costa Rica yesterday and will be here for the next two days to complete the 72 hour requirement to obtain a new visa. While it was a requirement to leave the country, it is a good opportunity to relax and refocus before going back to La Finca and starting with school.
This past week I was very busy with working in the library, and my faithful helper even stayed up till late hours to help finish it up before leaving for Costa Rica. In a week teacher in service starts, and then a week later school starts, so soon I'll be busy acting as a teacher.

the Library- La Biblioteca

Well, I've been keeping busy working in the library the past week and a half, and I'm excited about the progress that is taking place. This week one of the older girls has been so willingly helping me to work at setting up a sign-out card system to create a little more accountability for the kids. The first picture is of us working on the cards, the second one is of me excited about how the books are turning out, and the third one is a glimpse of my work table, in the middle of making the signout cards.
Have a great day everyone!

A Picture!

Here is a picture of some of the girls and I. I had a request that I put more pictures on my blog, so I'll try to remember to take pictures so I have more to put on. :)

School is Quickly approaching

The primary school starts on February 9. I am going to be teaching EFL (English as a foreign language) part-time and acting as school/Finca librarian part-time. So, that means that this past week, and the next 1-2 weeks (depends on when we go to Costa Rica for new visas) I am very busy organizing and doing inventory in the library, and preparing lessons for the EFL classes. I thought that after Christmas things would calm down a bit, but I thought wrong, as I feel like I am even busier than before. For those of you who read my last update about a week ago, "normal" days are not so normal anymore as I'm focusing more on preparing for school, as well as some other new responsibilities.
Dwain and Audrey arrived from the States last week, and will be staying here for the next year. If you look at my links at the bottom of my blog you can check out their blog as well.
Peace. Have a great day.
I'll try and write more soon.