Now that I've finally found a pretty normal routine I thought I would share it. It's probably won't be that good of a read, but it will help me in the future when I have to explain something.
While I'm living here in Costa Rica I'm living with a Costa Rican family. This is what the Spanish Language Institute recommends for language learning, and why I chose to do it. I live with Cecilia and Willy a couple in their 60's that have 5 kids that are all over 23 and out of the house. These two have been a huge blessing to me thus far. I rarely eat a meal alone. They are always there eating with me or just spending the time to stop what they are doing to sit and talk with me. This has helped my Spanish tremendously. My weakest point is understanding what I hear, they have been a huge help in that area. I pay $350 a month to live with them and in return I get a room, three meals a day, and Cecilia does my laundry as well. Like I said, a huge blessing!!
The Spanish Language Institute is where I spend 5 hours every day studying Spanish. From 7:30 to 12:30 every weekday I am in this school. The day is split up into two classes, Conversation, and Grammar. Each class is two hours a piece with an hour break in the middle of the two. My conversation class is made up of five guys including myself. There is a different subject every week and the teacher leads discussion over these topics. Ever week we each have presentations to give about the given topic which last anywhere from 15 min to an hour depending on the assignment. The grammar class is pretty self explanatory, we learn all the rules and conjugations that help us not sound like 2 year olds when we talk. Like every good education system when you leave class the learning doesn't stop. Everyday we leave with an assignment or two to complete on our own. Our conversation homework is always a bit more interesting than whatever exercise we have to complete for grammar. With conversation class our homework is usually to research a given topic or to go out into the community and have a conversation with someone about a given topic. Fun, fun, fun, right (just a bit sarcastic)!
Then comes the thing that I love most about living here. Football!!! And no I don't mean football/soccer! I mean American, smash mouth, hard nosed, blood, sweat, and pain, shoulder pads and helmets FOOTBALL!!! I have the pleasure to coach the offense of a Costa Rican football team called the RHYNOS! There is actually a 6 team league here made up of guys from 18 to 40 years old. They all pay to play, and I get to coach and teach these guys 3 nights a week. There are about 50 guys on our team and two missionaries and a Costa Rican (Johan) coaching. What a great ministry opportunity! OHH SOO MUCH FUN! (more to come later)...
