Christmas officially arrived in Los Guido on Thanksgiving day actually, when I saw a man dressed in a Santa outfit on my way home from work. It was not your typical Santa getup, but it was, in fact, blue.
There have been a lot of events that we had done to end out the 2012 year and our ministry sites on a celebratory note. School is (almost) out for the next month and a half or so, as the schools here are on the opposite schedule of those in the States and have their long break now and their two-week break in July. It's been such a blessing to hear student after student come and let us know that they will be passing to the next grade when the next school year begins in February. Moments to rejoice with them as I think back to all the times we have studied together over the past months.
As a fundraiser for some of the needs that we have at the Tutoring Center and in our other ministry sites, our staff of SI-Costa Rica has put together a catalog with our "wish list." It is extremely helpful for us at the Tutoring Center to have the textbooks that the kids use in school but maybe cannot afford to own themselves, and this is a way that you could help us have a complete set for each grade level we work with. Please check out this link if you would be interested in helping our ministry site or another of our other sites out this Christmas season!
http://tinyurl.com/SICRGiftCatalog
Here's a quick look at some of the happenings in my corner of the world as we anticipate Christmas and the closing of our ministry sites for a few weeks:
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| Graham cracker houses made in girls' club |
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| Day trip with intern friend Karissa and some Tico friends to beautiful Orosi |
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| Dinner at my house with English class students |
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| Coffee filter angels |
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| Mixing up cookie dough batter |
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| Last day trip to the beach of 2012 |
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| Couldn't resist a gorgeous sunset picture |
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| Our tutoring center kiddos at our end of the year cafecito |
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| Playing Bingo with the kids outside the Centro |
